Molecular genetics of prostate cancer: new prospects for old challenges

MM Shen, C Abate-Shen - Genes & development, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite much recent progress, prostate cancer continues to represent a major cause of
cancer-related mortality and morbidity in men. Since early studies on the role of the …

BRCA mutations in prostate cancer: assessment, implications and treatment considerations

S Shah, R Rachmat, S Enyioma, A Ghose… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer ranks fifth in cancer-related mortality in men worldwide. DNA damage is
implicated in cancer and DNA damage response (DDR) pathways are in place against this …

Therapeutic Applications of Rose Hips from Different Rosa Species

I Mármol, C Sánchez-de-Diego… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Rosa species, rose hips, are widespread wild plants that have been traditionally used as
medicinal compounds for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. The therapeutic …

Discovery and development of SAHA as an anticancer agent

PA Marks - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
The path to the discovery of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA, vorinostat) began over
three decades ago with our studies designed to understand why dimethylsulfoxide causes …

Histone deacetylases 1, 2 and 3 are highly expressed in prostate cancer and HDAC2 expression is associated with shorter PSA relapse time after radical …

W Weichert, A Röske, V Gekeler, T Beckers… - British journal of …, 2008 - nature.com
High activity of histone deacetylases (HDACs) causes epigenetic alterations associated with
malignant cell behaviour. Consequently, HDAC inhibitors have entered late-phase clinical …

Prostate cancer biomarkers detection using nanoparticles based electrochemical biosensors

S Singh, AAS Gill, M Nlooto, R Karpoormath - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most prevalent cancer with a high mortality rate. The early and
accurate detection of PCa can significantly reduce mortality and saves lives. Hence, the …

Disulfiram is a DNA demethylating agent and inhibits prostate cancer cell growth

J Lin, MC Haffner, Y Zhang, BH Lee, WN Brennen… - The …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The clinical success of the nucleoside analogs 5‐aza‐cytidine (5‐azaC)
and 5‐aza‐2′ deoxycytidine (5‐aza‐dC) as DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors has …

Promoter demethylation and chromatin remodeling by green tea polyphenols leads to re‐expression of GSTP1 in human prostate cancer cells

M Pandey, S Shukla, S Gupta - International journal of cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic silencing of gluthathione‐S‐transferase pi (GSTP1) is recognized as being a
molecular hallmark of human prostate cancer. We investigated the effects of green tea …

Deep sequencing reveals distinct patterns of DNA methylation in prostate cancer

JH Kim, SM Dhanasekaran, JR Prensner… - Genome …, 2011 - genome.cshlp.org
Beginning with precursor lesions, aberrant DNA methylation marks the entire spectrum of
prostate cancer progression. We mapped the global DNA methylation patterns in select …

TMPRSS2 fusions with oncogenic ETS factors in prostate cancer involve unbalanced genomic rearrangements and are associated with HDAC1 and epigenetic …

K Iljin, M Wolf, H Edgren, S Gupta, S Kilpinen… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Translocations fusing the strong androgen-responsive gene, TMPRSS2, with ERG or other
oncogenic ETS factors may facilitate prostate cancer development. Here, we studied 18 …