Pten null prostate epithelium promotes localized myeloid-derived suppressor cell expansion and immune suppression during tumor initiation and progression

AJ Garcia, M Ruscetti, TL Arenzana… - … and cellular biology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chronic inflammation is known to be associated with prostate cancer development, but how
epithelium-associated cancer-initiating events cross talk to inflammatory cells during …

Chromatin regulator CHD1 remodels the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in PTEN-deficient prostate cancer

D Zhao, L Cai, X Lu, X Liang, J Li, P Chen, M Ittmann… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Genetic inactivation of PTEN is common in prostate cancer and correlates with poorer
prognosis. We previously identified CHD1 as an essential gene in PTEN-deficient cancer …

Potentiation of inflammatory CXCL8 signalling sustains cell survival in PTEN-deficient prostate carcinoma

PJ Maxwell, J Coulter, SM Walker, M McKechnie… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Inflammation and genetic instability are enabling characteristics of prostate
carcinoma (PCa). Inactivation of the tumour suppressor gene phosphatase and tensin …

[HTML][HTML] Slow disease progression in a C57BL/6 pten-deficient mouse model of prostate cancer

RU Svensson, JM Haverkamp, DR Thedens… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Prostate-specific deletion of Pten in mice has been reported to recapitulate histological
progression of human prostate cancer. To improve on this model, we introduced the …

[HTML][HTML] PTEN deficiency promotes macrophage infiltration and hypersensitivity of prostate cancer to IAP antagonist/radiation combination therapy

CWD Armstrong, PJ Maxwell, CW Ong, KM Redmond… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PTEN loss is prognostic for patient relapse post-radiotherapy in prostate cancer (CaP).
Infiltration of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) is associated with reduced disease …

PTEN‐deficient prostate cancer is associated with an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment mediated by increased expression of IDO1 and infiltrating FoxP3+ …

T Vidotto, FP Saggioro, T Jamaspishvili… - The …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Accumulating evidence shows that tumor cell–specific genomic changes can
influence the cross talk between cancer cells and the surrounding tumor microenvironment …

Prostatic inflammation enhances basal-to-luminal differentiation and accelerates initiation of prostate cancer with a basal cell origin

OJ Kwon, L Zhang, MM Ittmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Chronic inflammation has been shown to promote the initiation and progression of diverse
malignancies by inducing genetic and epigenetic alterations. In this study, we investigate an …

Myeloid-derived cells in prostate cancer progression: phenotype and prospective therapies

Z Lopez-Bujanda, CG Drake - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer mortality in men in the United
States. As is the case for other tumor types, accumulating evidence suggests an important …

Infiltrating macrophages promote prostate tumorigenesis via modulating androgen receptor-mediated CCL4–STAT3 signaling

LY Fang, K Izumi, KP Lai, L Liang, L Li, H Miyamoto… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Infiltrating macrophages are a key component of inflammation during tumorigenesis, but the
direct evidence of such linkage remains unclear. We report here that persistent coculturing …

Pten Loss and RAS/MAPK Activation Cooperate to Promote EMT and Metastasis Initiated from Prostate Cancer Stem/Progenitor Cells

DJ Mulholland, N Kobayashi, M Ruscetti, A Zhi… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Abstract PTEN loss or PI3K/AKT signaling pathway activation correlates with human prostate
cancer progression and metastasis. However, in preclinical murine models, deletion of Pten …