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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Charles Greenlief
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-56066 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nuclear receptor signaling 20140912
The estrogen receptors (ERs) ERα and ERβ mediate the actions of endogenous estrogens as well as those of botanical estrogens (BEs) present in plants. BEs are ingested in the diet and also widely consumed by postmenopausal women as dietary supplements, often as a substitute for the loss of endogenous estrogens at menopause. However, their activities and efficacies, and similarities and differences in gene expression programs with respect to endogenous estrogens such as estradiol (E2) are not full ...[more]