Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Characterizing steroid hormone receptor chromatin binding landscapes in male and female breast cancer

  • Tesa M. Severson,
  • Yongsoo Kim,
  • Stacey E. P. Joosten,
  • Karianne Schuurman,
  • Petra van der Groep,
  • Cathy B. Moelans,
  • Natalie D. ter Hoeve,
  • Quirine F. Manson,
  • John W. Martens,
  • Carolien H. M. van Deurzen,
  • Ellis Barbe,
  • Ingrid Hedenfalk,
  • Peter Bult,
  • Vincent T. H. B. M. Smit,
  • Sabine C. Linn,
  • Paul J. van Diest,
  • Lodewyk Wessels,
  • Wilbert Zwart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02856-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and largely hormonally driven. Here, the authors examine the action of steroid hormone receptors in male and female breast cancers and find gender selective hormone receptor action that associates with the survival of MBC patients.