University of Pennsylvania

Todd Ridky

Christopher Natale

Jeffrey Winkler

Cristina Aguirre Portoles

Provided herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject with a ZIP9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the cancerous tissues do not express the nuclear androgen receptor (AR). These methods, alone or in combination with other cancer therapies, can improve treatment outcomes in patients suffering from cancer, particularly male patients.

Methods of using androgen receptor inhibitors as cancer therapeutics

The present invention includes compounds, compositions comprising the same, and methods using the compounds and/or compositions therein, for modulating skin pigmentation in a mammalian subject. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention treat or prevent skin disorders or diseases associated with hyperpigmentation in the subject. In other embodiments, the compounds of the invention act as antagonist to the non-canonical sex steroid hormone receptor GPRE1 and do not bind to a canonical nuclear estrogen receptor (ER). In yet other embodiments, the compounds of the invention comprise acts as agonists to the non-canonical sex steroid hormone receptor PAQR7 and do not bind to a canonical nuclear progesterone receptor (PR).

Compositions and methods for decreasing, or preventing or reversing gain of, skin pigmentation in a mammalian subject

The present invention includes compounds, compositions and methods that are useful for preventing or treating melanoma or any other cancer in a subject, such as a GPCR-expressing cancer. In certain embodiments, the compounds comprise estrogen (including estrogen derivatives or analogues), a selective GPER agonist and/or another G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) agonist that increases cancer cell differentiation.

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