Table 2

Extended E-D model of breast cancer and prostate cancer

Hormone receptor
Property

Membrane androgen receptor
↑apoptotic proteins
↓bcl-2 (BC only)
↑bcl-2 (PC only)
↓AS3
↑Ca++ influx

Intracellular androgen receptor
↓apoptotic proteins
↓bcl-2
↑AS3
↓Ca++ influx
↑calreticulin

Estrogen receptor-αβ heterodimer
↑telomerase activity (PC only)
Estrogen receptor-α homodimer
↑telomerase activity
Estrogen receptor-α
↑bcl-2
Estrogen receptor-β
↓bcl-2
Membrane estrogen receptor
↑bcl-2
Progesterone receptor A
↑bcl-2
Progesterone receptor B
↓bcl-2
Membrane progesterone receptor
↓bcl-2

Friedman Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2007 4:28   doi:10.1186/1742-4682-4-28