BACKGROUND Studies on the association between two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in estrogen receptor α (ERα), PvuII (rs2234693 T>C) and XbaI (rs9340799 A>G), and the prostate cancer risk are inconsistent. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to derive a more accurate estimation of this relationship. METHODS A literature search of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science databases until Octo...

Studies on polymorphism of estrogen receptor (ESR) alpha and beta genes have been mostly implicated in infertility, but the results have been controversial due to lack of comprehensive data. The present study focused on association of ESR genes with both male and female infertility. In ESRα, PvuII (rs2234693) and XbaI (rs9340799) were studied while in ESRβ gene, risk of infertility was determin...

OBJECTIVE Human estrogen receptor α (ESR1), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors, is one of the key mediators of hormonal response in estrogen-sensitive tissues. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that two of the most widely studied single-nucleotide polymorphisms in ESR1 - PvuII (T/C, rs223493) and Xbal (A/G, rs9340799) - are possibly assoc...

This study examined the association of estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1) polymorphisms with cardiorespiratory and metabolic parameters in young women. In total, 354 healthy women were selected for cardiopulmonary exercise testing and short-term heart rate (HR) variability (HRV) evaluation. The HRV analysis was determined by the temporal indices rMSSD (square root of the mean squared differenc...

The outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) depends substantially on the effectiveness of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) induced by administration of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). In COH, endogenously produced estrogens extend the action of FSH in stimulating folliculogenesis. We determined the associations between genetic variations in estrogen receptor ESR1 and ESR2 genes and...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Few studies of gene variants that affect estrogen activity investigate their association with age at onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in women of different ethnicities. We examined the influence of ESR1 polymorphisms on age at onset of AD in a multiethnic cohort of women. METHODS Among 1,436 women participating in the Washington Heights Inwood Columbia Aging Project, associat...

BACKGROUND Published data on the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ESR1 gene and breast cancer susceptibility are inconclusive or controversial. The aim of this Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) review and meta-analysis was to derive a more precise estimation of this relationship. METHODS A literature search of Pubmed, Embase, Web of science and CBM databases wa...

AIMS The etiologies of Ménière's disease and idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remain unclear. The homeostasis of the water and blood circulation in the inner ear is essential for maintaining its hearing and equilibrium functions, and aquaporins and estrogen are involved in the fluid or ion balance in the inner ear. We investigated the associations between genetic polymorphis...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex autoimmune disease with clinical prevalence in women. Moreover, women have poorer response to treatment than men. Possible reasons for gender differences in response to treatment could be explained on the basis of sex hormones and their receptors. The optimal strategy in treatment of RA is to use effective disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) suc...