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Review
. 2003 Sep;10(3):359-73.
doi: 10.1677/erc.0.0100359.

Mammalian stanniocalcins and cancer

A C-M Chang  1 , D A Jellinek, R R Reddel
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Mammalian stanniocalcins and cancer

A C-M Chang et al. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

Stanniocalcin (STC) is a glycoprotein hormone that is secreted by the corpuscle of Stannius, an endocrine gland of bony fish, and is involved in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. The related mammalian proteins, STC1 and STC2, are expressed in a wide variety of tissues. The ovaries have the highest level of STC1, and this increases during pregnancy and lactation. STC1 is present in breast ductal epithelium, and its expression is induced by BRCA1, a tumor suppressor gene that has an important role in breast and ovarian cancer. The expression of STC2 is induced by estrogen, and there is a positive correlation between the level of expression of estrogen receptor and expression of both STC1 and STC2 in breast cancer. This article reviews the data currently available regarding the mammalian STCs, and discusses the roles they may play in normal physiology and in breast and other cancers.

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