Cancer stem cell characteristics and their potential as therapeutic targets

JR Lim, J Mouawad, OK Gorton, WA Bubb, AH Kwan - Medical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a tumour subpopulation whose capacity for self-renewal,
differentiation and proliferation generates unfavourable patient outcomes, including …

Orally bioavailable androgen receptor degrader, potential next-generation therapeutic for enzalutamide-resistant prostate cancer

S Ponnusamy, Y He, DJ Hwang, T Thiyagarajan… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Androgen receptor (AR)-targeting prostate cancer drugs, which are
predominantly competitive ligand-binding domain (LBD)-binding antagonists, are …

[HTML][HTML] Glucocorticoid receptor and β-catenin interact in prostate cancer cells and their co-inhibition attenuates tumorsphere formation, stemness, and docetaxel …

SR Martinez, CC Elix, PT Ochoa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Therapy resistance hinders the efficacy of anti-androgen therapies and taxane-based
chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer (PCa). Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) signaling …

Prostate cancer as a dedifferentiated organ: androgen receptor, cancer stem cells, and cancer stemness

X Liu, W Li, I Puzanov, DW Goodrich… - Essays in …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Cancer progression is characterized and driven by gradual loss of a differentiated
phenotype and gain of stem cell-like features. In prostate cancer (PCa), androgen receptor …

RNA-binding protein DDX3 mediates posttranscriptional regulation of androgen receptor: a mechanism of castration resistance

JE Vellky, ST McSweeney… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Prostate cancer (CaP) driven by androgen receptor (AR) is treated with androgen
deprivation; however, therapy failure results in lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer …

Functional roles of E3 ubiquitin ligases in prostate cancer

Y Zhao, J Li, J Chen, M Ye, X Jin - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a malignant epithelial tumor of the prostate gland with a high male
cancer incidence. Numerous studies indicate that abnormal function of ubiquitin …

[HTML][HTML] KCa1.1 K+ Channel Inhibition Overcomes Resistance to Antiandrogens and Doxorubicin in a Human Prostate Cancer LNCaP Spheroid Model

S Ohya, J Kajikuri, K Endo, H Kito, M Matsui - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several types of K+ channels play crucial roles in tumorigenicity, stemness, invasiveness,
and drug resistance in cancer. Spheroid formation of human prostate cancer (PC) LNCaP …

[HTML][HTML] The role of ubiquitination in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

M Sengupta, A Pluciennik, DE Merry - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neurodegenerative and neuromuscular
genetic disease caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine-encoding CAG tract in the …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances target and alter human prostate stem-progenitor cells

WY Hu, R Lu, DP Hu, OB Imir, Q Zuo, D Moline… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of widely used synthetic
chemicals that are environmentally and biologically persistent and present in most …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted degradation of androgen receptor by VNPP433-3β in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells implicates interaction with E3 ligase MDM2 resulting …

E Thomas, RS Thankan, P Purushottamachar… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, we demonstrate the potential role of VNPP433-3β as
molecular glue that induces physical proximity between the Androgen Receptor and MDM2 …