The targets of curcumin

H Zhou, CS Beevers, S Huang - Current drug targets, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), an orange-yellow component of turmeric or curry powder, is a
polyphenol natural product isolated from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa. For …

Absolute quantification of mRNA using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays

SA Bustin - Journal of molecular endocrinology, 2000 - jme.bioscientifica.com
To investigate whether the tumor suppressor gene PTEN affects the activity of the androgen
receptor (AR), we monitored the expression of the apoptotic gene HA-Bax (inserted in an …

Androgen receptors in hormone-dependent and castration-resistant prostate cancer

AA Shafi, AE Yen, NL Weigel - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed non-
cutaneous cancer in males and the second leading cause of cancer-related death for men …

The development of androgen-independent prostate cancer

BJ Feldman, D Feldman - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2001 - nature.com
The normal prostate and early-stage prostate cancers depend on androgens for growth and
survival, and androgen ablation therapy causes them to regress. Cancers that are not cured …

Development of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs)

R Narayanan, CC Coss, JT Dalton - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Androgen Receptor (AR), a member of the steroid hormone receptor family,
plays important roles in the physiology and pathology of diverse tissues. AR ligands, which …

Androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer

Z Culig, FR Santer - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2014 - Springer
The androgen receptor (AR), ligand-induced transcription factor, is expressed in primary
prostate cancer and in metastases. AR regulates multiple cellular events, proliferation …

[HTML][HTML] Regression of castrate-recurrent prostate cancer by a small-molecule inhibitor of the amino-terminus domain of the androgen receptor

RJ Andersen, NR Mawji, J Wang, G Wang, S Haile… - Cancer cell, 2010 - cell.com
Castration-recurrent prostate cancer (CRPC) is suspected to depend on androgen receptor
(AR). The AF-1 region in the amino-terminal domain (NTD) of AR contains most, if not all, of …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer development and progression

PE Lonergan, DJ Tindall - Journal of carcinogenesis, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis plays a critical role in the development, function
and homeostasis of the prostate. The classical action of AR is to regulate gene …

Sex differences and sex steroids in lung health and disease

EA Townsend, VM Miller, YS Prakash - Endocrine reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Sex differences in the biology of different organ systems and the influence of sex hormones
in modulating health and disease are increasingly relevant in clinical and research areas …

Non-genomic actions of androgens

CD Foradori, MJ Weiser, RJ Handa - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2008 - Elsevier
Previous work in the endocrine and neuroendocrine fields has viewed the androgen
receptor (AR) as a transcription factor activated by testosterone or one of its many …