Matthias Barton

Eric R. Prossnitz Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA Search for more papers by this author

Abstract External IDs PubMed 16740996

Abstract Oestrogens and their receptors contribute broadly to physiology and diseases. In premenopausal women, endogenous oestrogens protect against cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological diseases and are involved in hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast cancer.