ESR1 and neoplasm: On the other hand, the role of NGB as a target protein and mediator of the anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidant effect of the E2/ERα signaling [8,15,16,44], along with the connection between ERα activation and NGB in vivo (present paper), corroborates the idea that among the different globins, NGB could represent that involved in tumor resistance and relapse, the overexpression of which, dependently or independently from estrogen signaling, can favor cancer cell survival and, potentially, tumor aggressiveness.