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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Jaesik Jeong
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-25519 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
BMC medical genomics 20101125
<h4>Background</h4>The nuclear transcription factor estrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha) is the target of several antiestrogen therapeutic agents for breast cancer. However, many ER-alpha positive patients do not respond to these treatments from the beginning, or stop responding after being treated for a period of time. Because of the association of gene transcription alteration and drug resistance and the emerging evidence on the role of DNA methylation on transcription regulation, understanding ...[more]