Stephen Safe

ORCID: 0000-0002-2115-3060 · 5 papers in corpus · active 2020-2025

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • endometrioma 1
other 2025
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/endocr/bqaf144

Previous studies show that orphan nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) regulates endometriotic cell growth, survival, estrogen receptor β (ERβ), mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling and fibrosis. NR4A2 is also expressed in epithelial and strom…

review 2025
Nutrients ·doi:10.3390/nu17162709

Orphan nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) is a member of the NR4A subfamily that was initially discovered as an intermediate early gene expressed in response to stressors, including inflammatory agents. This review addresses the hypothesis that N…

article 2023
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/endocr/bqad133

Nuclear receptor 4A1 (NR4A1) plays an important role in endometriosis progression; levels of NR4A1 in endometriotic lesions are higher than in normal endometrium, and substituted bis-indole analogs (NR4A1) antagonists suppress endometriosis…

other 2021
Essays in biochemistry ·doi:10.1042/EBC20200164

The nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily of transcription factors encodes expression of 48 human genes that are important for maintaining cellular homeostasis and in pathophysiology, and this has been observed for all sub-families including or…

article 2020
Endocrinology ·doi:10.1210/endocr/bqaa027

Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that primarily affects women during their reproductive years, and since current hormonal therapies are of concern, new hormone-independent treatment regimens are needed. The orphan nuclear receptor 4…