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SUBMITTER: Ross-Innes CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2807352 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ross-Innes Caryn S CS Stark Rory R Holmes Kelly A KA Schmidt Dominic D Spyrou Christiana C Russell Roslin R Massie Charlie E CE Vowler Sarah L SL Eldridge Matthew M Carroll Jason S JS
Genes & development 20100101 2
Retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RAR alpha) is a known estrogen target gene in breast cancer cells. The consequence of RAR alpha induction by estrogen was previously unknown. We now show that RAR alpha is required for efficient estrogen receptor-alpha (ER)-mediated transcription and cell proliferation. RAR alpha can interact with ER-binding sites, but this occurs in an ER-dependent manner, providing a novel role for RAR alpha that is independent of its classic role. We show, on a genome-wide scale, ...[more]