Transcriptional regulation of core autophagy and lysosomal genes by the androgen receptor promotes prostate cancer progression

AM Blessing, K Rajapakshe, L Reddy Bollu, Y Shi… - Autophagy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT AR (androgen receptor) signaling is crucial for the development and
maintenance of the prostate as well as the initiation and progression of prostate cancer …

Targeting androgen receptor leads to suppression of prostate cancer via induction of autophagy

Q Jiang, S Yeh, X Wang, D Xu, Q Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Androgen receptor has a critical role in prostate cancer development and
progression. Cell death via autophagy may also contribute to prostate cancer progression …

Autophagy as a modulator and target in prostate cancer

JM Farrow, JC Yang, CP Evans - Nature reviews Urology, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Autophagy, or'self-eating', is an adaptive process that enables cells to cope with
metabolic, toxic, and even infectious stressors. Although the adaptive capability of …

Novel insights into autophagy and prostate cancer: a comprehensive review

D Loizzo, SD Pandolfo, D Rogers, C Cerrato… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a complex process involved in several cell activities, including tissue growth,
differentiation, metabolic modulation, and cancer development. In prostate cancer …

Autophagy in prostate cancer and androgen suppression therapy

E Ziparo, S Petrungaro, ES Marini, D Starace… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
The role of autophagy is known to be highly complex and context-dependent, leading to
both cancer suppression and progression in several tumors including melanoma, breast and …

Genetic variants of the autophagy pathway as prognostic indicators for prostate cancer

CY Huang, SP Huang, VC Lin, CC Yu, TY Chang… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Autophagy is a complex process of autodigestion in conditions of cellular stress and it might
play an important role in the pathophysiology during carcinogenesis. We hypothesize that …

Targeting autophagy in prostate cancer: preclinical and clinical evidence for therapeutic response

M Ashrafizadeh, MDA Paskeh, S Mirzaei… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and new estimates revealed prostate
cancer as the leading cause of death in men in 2021. Therefore, new strategies are pertinent …

Targeting autophagy overcomes Enzalutamide resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells and improves therapeutic response in a xenograft model

HG Nguyen, JC Yang, HJ Kung, XB Shi, D Tilki… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Macro-autophagy is associated with drug resistance in various cancers and can function as
an adaptive response to maintain cell survival under metabolic stresses, including androgen …

Androgens promote prostate cancer cell growth through induction of autophagy

Y Shi, JJ Han, JB Tennakoon, FF Mehta… - Molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Androgens regulate both the physiological development of the prostate and the pathology of
prostatic diseases. However, the mechanisms by which androgens exert their regulatory …

Making the case for autophagy inhibition as a therapeutic strategy in combination with androgen-targeted therapies in prostate cancer

AM Elshazly, DA Gewirtz - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This paper is one in a series of articles that investigate the functional forms
of autophagy induced in tumor cells in response to various chemotherapeutic modalities …