Androgen receptor (AR) differential roles in hormone-related tumors including prostate, bladder, kidney, lung, breast and liver

C Chang, SO Lee, S Yeh, TM Chang - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
The androgen receptor (AR) is expressed in many cell types and the androgen/AR signaling
has been found to have important roles in modulating tumorigenesis and metastasis in …

Androgen receptor and prostate cancer

E Richter, S Srivastava, A Dobi - Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases, 2007 - nature.com
Since the original observations of Huggins and Hodges that prostate cancers are androgen
dependent, androgen ablation therapy has been the gold standard for the treatment of …

Differential androgen receptor signals in different cells explain why androgen-deprivation therapy of prostate cancer fails

Y Niu, TM Chang, S Yeh, WL Ma, YZ Wang, C Chang - Oncogene, 2010 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is one of the major causes of cancer-related death in the western world.
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for the suppression of androgens binding to the …

The role of the androgen receptor in prostate cancer

H Huang, DJ Tindall - Critical Reviews™ in Eukaryotic Gene …, 2002 - dl.begellhouse.com
Androgens are important not only for the development and function of the normal prostate
gland, but also for the maintenance of prostate cancer (PCa) cells. The biological function of …

Increased expression of androgen receptor sensitizes prostate cancer cells to low levels of androgens

KK Waltering, MA Helenius, B Sahu, V Manni, MJ Linja… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Androgen receptor (AR) is known to be overexpressed in castration-resistant prostate
cancer. To interrogate the functional significance of the AR level, we established two LNCaP …

[PDF][PDF] Androgens and androgen receptor signaling in prostate tumorigenesis

Y Zhou, EC Bolton, JO Jones - J Mol Endocrinol, 2015 - Soc Endocrinology
Androgens and androgen receptor (AR) signaling are necessary for prostate development
and homeostasis. AR signaling also drives the growth of nearly all prostate cancer cells. The …

Advances in androgen receptor targeted therapy for prostate cancer

A Ahmed, S Ali, FH Sarkar - Journal of cellular physiology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Current research
findings suggest that the androgen receptor (AR) and its signaling pathway contribute …

Minireview: Alternative activation pathways for the androgen receptor in prostate cancer

KR Lamont, DJ Tindall - Molecular endocrinology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Advanced prostate tumors, which are androgen dependent, are often initially treated in the
clinic with hormone ablation therapy, either through surgical castration or administration of …

Androgen receptor structural and functional elements: role and regulation in prostate cancer

SM Dehm, DJ Tindall - Molecular endocrinology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The androgen receptor (AR) is a nuclear receptor transcription factor that mediates the
cellular actions of androgens, the male sex steroids. Androgen-dependent tissues, such as …

Amplification and overexpression of androgen receptor gene in hormone-refractory prostate cancer

MJ Linja, KJ Savinainen, OR Saramäki, TLJ Tammela… - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
The expression level of the androgen receptor (AR) gene in androgen-dependent and-
independent prostate cancer was determined by using real-time quantitative reverse …