Diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical research: a path toward precision health for everyone

V Washington, JB Franklin, ES Huang… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Healthcare disparities are a persistent societal problem. One of the contributing factors to
this status quo is the lack of diversity and representativeness of research efforts, which result …

Genetic and biological drivers of prostate cancer disparities in Black men

J Gong, DM Kim, MR Freeman, H Kim, L Ellis… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Black men with prostate cancer have historically had worse outcomes than white men with
prostate cancer. The causes of this disparity in outcomes are multi-factorial, but a potential …

[HTML][HTML] MYB exhibits racially disparate expression, clinicopathologic association, and predictive potential for biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

MA Khan, S Acharya, S Anand, F Sameeta, P Pramanik… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
MYB acts as a potentiator of aggressiveness and castration resistance in prostate cancer
(PCa) through aberrant activation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling. Since Black men …

Functional implications and therapeutic targeting of androgen response elements in prostate cancer

D Senapati, V Sharma, SK Rath, U Rai, N Panigrahi - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
The androgen receptor (AR) plays an essential role in the growth and progression of
prostate cancer (CaP). Ligand-activated AR inside the nucleus binds to the androgen …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D and systems biology

S Hussain, C Yates, MJ Campbell - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
The biological actions of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) have been investigated intensively for
over 100 years and has led to the identification of significant insights into the repertoire of its …

African American prostate cancer displays quantitatively distinct vitamin D receptor cistrome-transcriptome relationships regulated by BAZ1A

M Siddappa, S Hussain, SA Wani, J White… - Cancer Research …, 2023 - AACR
African American (AA) prostate cancer associates with vitamin D3 deficiency, but vitamin D
receptor (VDR) genomic actions have not been investigated in this context. We undertook …

Homing in on a moving target: Androgen Receptor cistromic plasticity in prostate cancer

N Eickhoff, AM Bergman, W Zwart - Endocrinology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The androgen receptor (AR) is the critical driver in prostate cancer and exerts its function
mainly through transcriptional control. Recent advances in clinical studies and cell line …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and prostate cancer: a crucial metabolic journey

L Chen, YX Xu, YS Wang, JL Zhou - Asian Journal of Andrology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common malignancies in males worldwide, and its
development and progression involve the regulation of multiple metabolic pathways …

Racial disparity in prostate cancer: an outlook in genetic and molecular landscape

JB Kaushal, P Raut, S Muniyan, JA Siddiqui… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2024 - Springer
Prostate cancer (PCa) incidence, morbidity, and mortality rates are significantly impacted by
racial disparities. Despite innovative therapeutic approaches and advancements in …

[HTML][HTML] Serum androgen metabolites correlate with clinical variables in African and European American men with localized, therapy naïve prostate cancer

S Ramakrishnan, RA Kittles, WJ Huss, J Wang… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and testosterone (T), which mediate androgen receptor nuclear
translocation and target gene transcription, are crucial androgens and essential molecular …