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 …

Mechanisms of androgen receptor activation in castration-resistant prostate cancer

N Sharifi - Endocrinology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Systemic treatment of advanced prostate cancer is initiated with androgen deprivation
therapy by gonadal testosterone depletion. Response durations are variable and tumors …

Biology of progressive, castration-resistant prostate cancer: directed therapies targeting the androgen-receptor signaling axis

HI Scher, CL Sawyers - Journal of clinical oncology, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Prostate cancers that are progressing on medical and surgical therapies designed to ablate
the action of androgens continue to express androgen receptor (AR) and to depend on …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor signaling in castration-resistant prostate cancer: a lesson in persistence

I Coutinho, TK Day, WD Tilley… - Endocrine-related …, 2016 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis drives all stages of prostate cancer, including the
lethal, drug-resistant form of the disease termed castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) …

Mechanisms mediating androgen receptor reactivation after castration

X Yuan, SP Balk - Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original …, 2009 - Elsevier
Androgen deprivation is still the standard systemic therapy for metastatic prostate cancer
(PCa), but patients invariably relapse with a more aggressive form of PCa termed hormone …

Androgen receptor rediscovered: the new biology and targeting the androgen receptor therapeutically

CJ Ryan, DJ Tindall - Journal of clinical oncology, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Discoveries over the past decade suggest that castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)
is sensitive, but not resistant to, further manipulation of the androgen–androgen receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Role of androgen receptor in prostate cancer: a review

K Fujita, N Nonomura - The world journal of men's health, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Androgen receptor (AR) is a steroid receptor transcriptional factor for testosterone and
dihydrotestosterone consisting of four main domains, the N-terminal domain, DNA-binding …

[HTML][HTML] Increased androgen receptor transcription: a cause of castration-resistant prostate cancer and a possible therapeutic target

M Shiota, A Yokomizo, S Naito - Journal of molecular …, 2011 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Few effective therapies exist for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Recent evidence suggests that CRPC may be caused by augmented androgen/androgen …

Androgen receptor functions in castration-resistant prostate cancer and mechanisms of resistance to new agents targeting the androgen axis

X Yuan, C Cai, S Chen, Z Yu, SP Balk - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
The metabolic functions of androgen receptor (AR) in normal prostate are circumvented in
prostate cancer (PCa) to drive tumor growth, and the AR also can acquire new growth …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor (AR) heterogeneity in prostate cancer and therapy resistance

A Jamroze, G Chatta, DG Tang - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Androgen receptor (AR), a ligand-dependent nuclear transcription factor and a member of
steroid hormone receptor family, plays an important role in prostate organogenesis by …