Potier et al., Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003
(Coronary Artery Disease...) :
We examined and compared estrogen receptor ( ER ) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression and the effects of 17beta-estradiol ( E2 ) and progesterone ( P ) on collagen synthesis and matrix metalloproteinase ( MMP ) activities in the aortic arch and in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells ( ASMC ) of atherosclerosis-susceptible ( C57Bl6/J, B6 ) or -resistant ( C3H/HeJ, C3H ) mice
Pilka et al., Gynecol Oncol 2004
(Cell Transformation, Neoplastic...) :
Based on these observations, we suggest that ER-alpha is involved in regulation of the MMP-26 gene
Savinov et al., Cancer Res 2006
(Breast Neoplasms...) :
Immunohistochemical analysis of tissue microarrays derived from 121 cancer patients corroborated these data and revealed an inverse correlation between the ERalpha dependent expression of MMP-26 and the levels of the intact ERbeta in breast carcinomas