Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: review and future perspectives

MP Lux, PA Fasching, MW Beckmann - Journal of molecular medicine, 2006 - Springer
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent carcinoma in women. The cumulative risk for the
disease is 10% up to the age of 80 years. A familial history of BC and ovarian cancer (OC) is …

Thyroid hormone receptors and reproduction

R Dittrich, MW Beckmann, PG Oppelt… - Journal of reproductive …, 2011 - Elsevier
Thyroid disorders have a great impact on fertility in both sexes. Hyperthyroidism and
hypothyroidism cause changes in sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), prolactin …

Estrogen and progesterone receptors: from molecular structures to clinical targets

S Ellmann, H Sticht, F Thiel, MW Beckmann… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2009 - Springer
Research involving estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR) have greatly
contributed to our understanding of cell signaling and transcriptional regulation. In addition …

Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

K Michailidou, P Hall, A Gonzalez-Neira… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Common variants at 27 loci have
been identified as associated with susceptibility to breast cancer, and these account for∼ …

Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

K Michailidou, S Lindström, J Dennis, J Beesley, S Hui… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Breast cancer risk is influenced by rare coding variants in susceptibility genes, such as
BRCA1, and many common, mostly non-coding variants. However, much of the genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibiting DNA methylation causes an interferon response in cancer via dsRNA including endogenous retroviruses

KB Chiappinelli, PL Strissel, A Desrichard, H Li… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
We show that DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DNMTis) upregulate immune signaling in
cancer through the viral defense pathway. In ovarian cancer (OC), DNMTis trigger cytosolic …

[PDF][PDF] Polygenic risk scores for prediction of breast cancer and breast cancer subtypes

N Mavaddat, K Michailidou, J Dennis, M Lush… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk
scores (PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop …

Associations of breast cancer risk factors with tumor subtypes: a pooled analysis from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium studies

XR Yang, J Chang-Claude, EL Goode… - Journal of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Previous studies have suggested that breast cancer risk factors are associated
with estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression status of the tumors …

Association between CYP2D6 polymorphisms and outcomes among women with early stage breast cancer treated with tamoxifen

W Schroth, MP Goetz, U Hamann, PA Fasching… - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context The growth inhibitory effect of tamoxifen, which is used for the treatment of hormone
receptor–positive breast cancer, is mediated by its metabolites, 4-hydroxytamoxifen and …

[HTML][HTML] Inherited mutations in 17 breast cancer susceptibility genes among a large triple-negative breast cancer cohort unselected for family history of breast cancer

FJ Couch, SN Hart, P Sharma, AE Toland… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Recent advances in DNA sequencing have led to the development of breast cancer
susceptibility gene panels for germline genetic testing of patients. We assessed the …