BRCA1 and Estrogen Signaling in Breast Cancer

Issue title: Hormone Signaling Transduction and Breast Cancer

Guest editors: Charles Clevenger

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Trauernicht, Amy M. | Boyer, Thomas G.^{; *}

Affiliations: Department of Molecular Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA | University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Thomas G. Boyer, Tel.: +1 210 567 7258; Fax: +1 210 567 7377; E-mail: boyer@uthscsa.edu

Abstract: Since the gene encoding BRCA1 was first cloned in 1994, researchers have sought to establish the molecular basis for its linkage to breast and ovarian cancer. As universal functions for this protein have emerged, questions persist concerning how its disruption can elicit cancer in a tissue- and gender-specific manner. Here, we review evidence that a functional interrelationship between BRCA1 and estrogen signaling may be involved in breast tumorigenesis.

DOI: 10.3233/BD-2003-18103

Journal: Breast Disease, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 11-20, 2003