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K L Gustafsson Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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K H Nilsson Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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H H Farman Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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A Andersson Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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V Lionikaite Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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P Henning Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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J Wu Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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S H Windahl Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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U Islander Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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S Movérare-Skrtic Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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K Sjögren Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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H Carlsten Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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J-Å Gustafsson Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

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C Ohlsson Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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M K Lagerquist Center for Bone and Arthritis Research, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Introduction Estrogen, the main female reproductive hormone, is a major regulator of bone homeostasis and it is well known that estrogen deficiency after menopause increases fracture risk and that estrogen treatment decreases this risk

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Graham W Aberdeen Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences and Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Jeffery S Babischkin Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences and Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Gerald J Pepe Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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Eugene D Albrecht Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Sciences and Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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levels or action of estrogen are curtailed or reduced during human pregnancy, e.g. preterm birth, aromatase gene mutation, or endocrine disruptors that interfere with estrogen receptor action, lead to T2DM in offspring ( Hofman et al. 2004

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Shisan Xu Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Fangjing Xie Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Li Tian Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Samane Fallah Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Fatemeh Babaei Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Sinai H C Manno Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Francis A M Manno III School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Lina Zhu Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Kin Fung Wong Department of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Yimin Liang Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Rajkumar Ramalingam Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Lei Sun Department of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Xin Wang Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Robert Plumb Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts, USA

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Lee Gethings Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts, USA

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Yun Wah Lam Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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Shuk Han Cheng Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

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cardiomyocytes are sexually dimorphic ( Isensee et al . 2008 , Tsuji et al . 2017 ), and estrogen receptor expression is deregulated in some cardiomyopathies ( Mahmoodzadeh et al . 2006 ). Despite the apparent involvement of estrogen in CVD, clinical

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Ekaterine Tskitishvili Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Department of Clinical Sciences, Laboratory of Development Biology and Tumor, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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Christel Pequeux Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Department of Clinical Sciences, Laboratory of Development Biology and Tumor, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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Carine Munaut Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Department of Clinical Sciences, Laboratory of Development Biology and Tumor, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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Renaud Viellevoye Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Liege, CHR de la CITADELLE, Liege, Belgium

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Michelle Nisolle Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Liege, CHR de la CITADELLE, Liege, Belgium

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Agnes Noël Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Department of Clinical Sciences, Laboratory of Development Biology and Tumor, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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Jean-Michel Foidart Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Department of Clinical Sciences, Laboratory of Development Biology and Tumor, GIGA-Cancer, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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( Shankaran et al . 2005 ). So far, no medical treatment provides important neuroprotection against neonatal HIE. E4 is a natural human fetal estrogen with selective estrogen receptor modulator activity (SERM) ( Abot et al . 2014 ). Its synthesis amounts

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Karin L Gustafsson Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Sofia Movérare-Skrtic Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Helen H Farman Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Cecilia Engdahl Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Petra Henning Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Karin H Nilsson Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Julia M Scheffler Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Edina Sehic Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Ulrika Islander Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Ellis Levin Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

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Claes Ohlsson Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Drug Treatment, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Marie K Lagerquist Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Introduction Estrogen treatment protects against osteoporosis-related fractures, has favorable effects on several metabolic parameters, and alleviates postmenopausal symptoms. However, due to adverse effects, estrogen treatment is avoided

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Ismael González-García Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Pablo B Martínez de Morentin Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Ánxela Estévez-Salguero Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Cristina Contreras Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Amparo Romero-Picó Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Johan Fernø Hormone Laboratory, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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Rubén Nogueiras Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Carlos Diéguez Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Manuel Tena-Sempere Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica (IMIBIC)/Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
FiDiPro Program, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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Sulay Tovar Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Miguel López Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Introduction Besides the regulation of the reproductive function, estrogens have a key role in the central regulation of the energy homeostasis including both modulation of feeding behavior and energy expenditure ( Mauvais-Jarvis et al. 2013

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Jianshu Chen Lanzhou University Second College of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou, China

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Jing Yu Lanzhou University Second College of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou, China
Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China

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Ruowen Yuan Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China

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Ningyin Li Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China

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Caie Li Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China

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Xiaofang Zhang Department of Cardiology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China

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postmenopausal hypertension patients is closely associated with the changes of sex hormone axis in postmenopausal women ( Gohar et al. 2020 , Shawky et al. 2020 ). Experimental studies have confirmed that dynamic changes in estrogen levels are significantly

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J N Zamarbide Losada Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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E Sulpice Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, BIG, BGE, Grenoble, France

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S Combe Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, BIG, BGE, Grenoble, France

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G S Almeida Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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D A Leach Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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J Choo Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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L Protopapa Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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M P Hamilton Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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S McGuire Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

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X Gidrol Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, BIG, BGE, Grenoble, France

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C L Bevan Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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C E Fletcher Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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Introduction Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide (1). Estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) is present in 75% of BC cases and is a dominant driver of oncogenesis in this disease subtype ( Perou et al

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Emma Castrique Henry Wellcome Labs for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, UK

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Marta Fernandez-Fuente Henry Wellcome Labs for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, UK

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Paul Le Tissier Henry Wellcome Labs for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, UK

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Andy Herman Henry Wellcome Labs for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, UK

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Andy Levy Henry Wellcome Labs for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Division of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY, UK

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Introduction Estrogen is believed to be responsible both for increased anterior pituitary mitotic variability in estrous-cycling females compared with male rats ( Oishi et al . 1993 , McNicol & Carbajo-Perez 1999 , Nolan & Levy 2009 a ) and for

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Denys deCatanzaro Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Introduction Both endogenous and exogenous estrogens exert powerful influences over mammalian female physiology and behavior. The most potent estrogen is estradiol-17β (E 2 ), which affects estrogen receptors (ER) at very low concentrations

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