Toward improving androgen receptor-targeted therapies in male-dominant hepatocellular carcinoma

H Zhang, K Spencer, SK Burley, XFS Zheng - Drug discovery today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•AR is an oncogenic driver of hepatocellular carcinoma.•AR-targeted therapy is
limited by feedback activation of AKT-mTOR pathway.•Co-targeting of mTORC1 and AR may …

[PDF][PDF] Significance and mechanism of androgen receptor overexpression and androgen receptor/mechanistic target of rapamycin cross‐talk in hepatocellular …

H Zhang, XX Li, Y Yang, Y Zhang, HY Wang… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a male‐dominant cancer, and androgen receptor (AR)
has been linked to the pathogenesis of HCC. However, AR expression and its precise role in …

Transcriptionally active androgen receptor splice variants promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression

AM Dauki, JS Blachly, EA Kautto, S Ezzat… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Owing to the marked sexual dimorphism of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), sex hormone
receptor signaling has been implicated in numerous aspects of liver cancer pathogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatocellular carcinoma: Latest research in pathogenesis, detection and treatment

B Foglia, C Turato, S Cannito - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most common form of primary liver malignancy is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
HCC, evolving in the setting of chronic liver disease (CLD) and cirrhosis, accounted globally …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor could be a potential therapeutic target in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

T Kanda, K Takahashi, M Nakamura, S Nakamoto… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a male-dominant disease with poor prognosis. Sorafenib
is the only approved systemic chemotherapeutic drug for patients with advanced HCC …

[HTML][HTML] Constitutively active androgen receptor in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

EJ Montgomery, E Xing, MJ Campbell, PK Li… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the predominant type of liver cancer and a leading
cause of cancer-related death globally. It is also a sexually dimorphic disease with a male …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatic androgen receptor suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis through modulation of cell migration and anoikis

WL Ma, CL Hsu, CC Yeh, MH Wu, CK Huang… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Early reports suggested androgen/androgen receptor (AR) signals promote
hepatocarcinogenesis. However, all antiandrogen clinical trials failed in advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor in hepatocarcinogenesis: Recent developments and perspectives

YE Tian, XU Xie, Y Lin, G Tan… - Oncology …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Previous studies have indicated that males are at a higher risk of developing hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) compared with females. Identifying the factors that cause this gender …

Androgen receptor roles in hepatocellular carcinoma, fatty liver, cirrhosis and hepatitis

WL Ma, HC Lai, S Yeh, X Cai, C Chang - Endocr Relat …, 2014 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Androgen/androgen receptor (AR) signaling plays important roles in normal liver function
and in progression of liver diseases. In studies of noncancerous liver diseases, AR knockout …

The androgen receptor as an emerging target in hepatocellular carcinoma

T Kanda, O Yokosuka - Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the male-dominant liver diseases with poor
prognosis, although treatments for HCC have been progressing in the past decades …