Circulating tumor DNA profile recognizes transformation to castration-resistant neuroendocrine prostate cancer

H Beltran, A Romanel, V Conteduca… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Loss of androgen receptor (AR) signaling dependence occurs in approximately 15%–20%
of advanced treatment-resistant prostate cancers, and this may manifest clinically as …

Nano proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) with anti‐hook effect for tumor therapy

NY Zhang, DY Hou, XJ Hu, JX Liang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) is an emerging pharmacological modality with
innovated post‐translational protein degradation capabilities. However, off‐target induced …

Prostate carcinogenesis: inflammatory storms

JS de Bono, C Guo, B Gurel, AM De Marzo… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. Intra-prostatic
inflammation is a risk factor for prostate carcinogenesis, with diet, chemical injury and an …

[HTML][HTML] Paclitaxel and docetaxel resistance in prostate cancer: Molecular mechanisms and possible therapeutic strategies

M Hashemi, MA Zandieh, Y Talebi… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer is among most malignant tumors around the world and this urological tumor
can be developed as result of genomic mutations and their accumulation during progression …

MYC drives aggressive prostate cancer by disrupting transcriptional pause release at androgen receptor targets

X Qiu, N Boufaied, T Hallal, A Feit, A de Polo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract c-MYC (MYC) is a major driver of prostate cancer tumorigenesis and progression.
Although MYC is overexpressed in both early and metastatic disease and associated with …

Cancer cell plasticity: Impact on tumor progression and therapy response

V da Silva-Diz, L Lorenzo-Sanz… - Seminars in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Most tumors exhibit intra-tumor heterogeneity, which is associated with disease progression
and an impaired response to therapy. Cancer cell plasticity has been proposed as being an …

Androgen deprivation promotes neuroendocrine differentiation and angiogenesis through CREB-EZH2-TSP1 pathway in prostate cancers

Y Zhang, D Zheng, T Zhou, H Song, M Hulsurkar… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The incidence of aggressive neuroendocrine prostate cancers (NEPC) related to androgen-
deprivation therapy (ADT) is rising. NEPC is still poorly understood, such as its …

Mechanisms of acquired tumor drug resistance

SN Aleksakhina, A Kashyap, EN Imyanitov - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2019 - Elsevier
Systemic therapy often results in the reduction of tumor size but rarely succeeds in
eradicating all cancer cells. Drug efflux, persistence of cancer stem cells (CSCs), epithelial …

Overcoming resistance to immune checkpoint therapy in PTEN-null prostate cancer by intermittent anti-PI3Kα/β/δ treatment

Z Qi, Z Xu, L Zhang, Y Zou, J Li, W Yan, C Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Combining immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) and targeted therapy holds great promises for
broad and long-lasting anti-cancer therapies. However, combining ICT with anti-PI3K …

Prostate organogenesis: tissue induction, hormonal regulation and cell type specification

R Toivanen, MM Shen - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Prostate organogenesis is a complex process that is primarily mediated by the presence of
androgens and subsequent mesenchyme-epithelial interactions. The investigation of …