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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Li Zhaoyu
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-805 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Li Zhaoyu Z Tuteja Geetu G Schug Jonathan J Kaestner Klaus H KH
Cell 20120101 1-2
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is sexually dimorphic in both rodents and humans, with significantly higher incidence in males, an effect that is dependent on sex hormones. The molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent and androgens promote liver cancer remain unclear. Here, we discover that sexually dimorphic HCC is completely reversed in Foxa1- and Foxa2-deficient mice after diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Coregulation of target genes by Foxa1/a2 and either the estrogen r ...[more]