Role of Cadmium and Nickel in Estrogen Receptor Signaling and Breast Cancer: Metalloestrogens or Not?
Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC
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- 2012
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- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part C - Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews
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aquino-2012-cadmium-nickel-metalloestrogens
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Establishes cadmium and nickel as metalloestrogens with distinct mechanistic signatures: cadmium binds ERα with affinity near estradiol, activating classical estrogen target genes; nickel induces histone deacetylation and tumor suppressor methylation without competing for estradiol binding. WikiBiome depends on this evidence to explain how metal burden drives estrogen-dependent dysbiosis (estrobolome expansion) in endometriosis and hormonally-sensitive cancers—linking metallomics to the estrobolome pathway.
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