ReviewBreast cancer : basic and clinical research2020
A Brief Overview of the Paradoxical Role of Glucocorticoids in Breast Cancer.
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- Chronic psychosocial stress: a role in breast cancer etiology?Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Premedication with steroids in breast cancer - supportive treatment or tumour growth promotion?Magyar onkologia · 2026Review
- Rhythms of risk: the intersection of clocks, cancer, and chronotherapy.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Review
- A comparative investigation of catecholamines and glucocorticoids impact on glioblastoma invasive behavior via 2D and 3D cell culture.PloS one · 2026Article
- Selective agonists of the glucocorticoid receptor (SEGRA) as an alternative to glucocorticoids: a pilot study of their effects on normal mouse brain tissue in the context of an acute peripheral inflammatory modelFrontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Revisiting the use of steroids in oncology.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Anti-Cancer Outcome of Glucocorticoid Receptor Transrepression by Synephrine Derivatives in Hematological Malignancies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Marine-Derived Steroids for Cancer Treatment: Search for Potential Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonists/Modulators (SEGRAMs).Marine drugs · 2025Review
- Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Expression in Human Tumors: A Tissue Microarray Study on More than 14,000 Tumors.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Perturbing local steroidogenesis to improve breast cancer immunity.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The impact of glucocorticoid receptor transactivation on context-dependent cell migration dynamics.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Glucocorticoid Receptor Isoforms in Breast Cancer Raise Implications for Personalised Supportive Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Concomitant medication, comorbidity and survival in patients with breast cancer.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Chronic stress increases metastasis via neutrophil-mediated changes to the microenvironment.Cancer cell · 2024Article
- Glucocorticoid receptor: a harmonizer of cellular plasticity in breast cancer-directs the road towards therapy resistance, metastatic progression and recurrence.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2024Review
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- Context-Dependent Role of Glucocorticoid Receptor Alpha and Beta in Breast Cancer Cell Behaviour.Cells · 2023Article
- Krüppel-like factor 9 (KLF9) links hormone dysregulation and circadian disruption to breast cancer pathogenesis.Cancer cell international · 2023Article
- Mechanisms behind context-dependent role of glucocorticoids in breast cancer progression.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2022Review
- Nutritional Sensor REDD1 in Cancer and Inflammation: Friend or Foe?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are stress hormones that play multiple roles in the regulation of cancer cell differentiation, apoptosis, and proliferation. Some types of cancers, such as hematological malignancies, can be effectively treated by GCs, whereas the responses of epithelial cancers to GC treatment vary, even within cancer subtypes. In particular, GCs are frequently used as supporting treatment of breast cancer (BC) to protect against chemotherapy side effects. In the therapy of nonaggressive luminal subtypes of BC, GCs can have auxiliary antitumor effects due to their cytotoxic actions on cancer cells. However, GCs can promote BC progression, colonization of distant metastatic sites, and metastasis. The effects of GCs on cell proliferation vary with BC subtype and its molecular profile and are realized via the activation of glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a well-known transcriptional factor involved in the regulation of the expression of multiple genes, cell-cell adhesion, and cell migration and polarity. This review focuses on the roles of GC signaling in the adhesion, migration, and metastasis of BC cells. We discuss the molecular mechanisms of GC actions that lead to BC metastasis and propose alternative pharmacological uses of GCs for BC treatment.
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