Novel aspects concerning the functional cross-talk between the insulin/IGF-I system and estrogen signaling in cancer cells
The insulin/IGF system plays an important role in cancer progression. Accordingly, elevated levels of circulating insulin have been associated with an increased cancer risk as well as with aggressive and metastatic cancer phenotypes. Numerous studies have documented that estrogens cooperate with the...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2015.00030/full |