Targeted systemic therapy of prostate cancer with a monoclonal antibody to prostate-specific membrane antigen

NH Bander, DM Nanus, MI Milowsky, L Kostakoglu… - Seminars in …, 2003 - Elsevier
For the last 60 years, hormonal therapy has been the cornerstone of treatment of metastatic
prostate cancer. Unfortunately, hormonal therapy is purely palliative and improved systemic …

The homodimer of prostate-specific membrane antigen is a functional target for cancer therapy

N Schülke, OA Varlamova… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a type 2 integral membrane glycoprotein that
serves as an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy by virtue of its abundant and …

A novel cytoplasmic tail MXXXL motif mediates the internalization of prostate-specific membrane antigen

SA Rajasekaran, G Anilkumar, E Oshima… - Molecular biology of …, 2003 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane protein expressed at high
levels in prostate cancer and in tumor-associated neovasculature. In this study, we report …

Identification of novel tumor markers in hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

MW Smith, ZN Yue, GK Geiss, NY Sadovnikova… - Cancer research, 2003 - AACR
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common primary cancer associated frequently with
hepatitis C virus (HCV). To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms of …

Dissociation between androgen responsiveness for malignant growth vs. expression of prostate specific differentiation markers PSA, hK2, and PSMA in human …

SR Denmeade, LJ Sokoll, S Dalrymple… - The …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background A detailed understanding is evolving as to how androgen receptor (AR)
functions as a transcriptional regulator via its binding to androgen response elements (ARE) …

Expression of prostate specific membrane antigen and three alternatively spliced variants of PSMA in prostate cancer patients

TD Schmittgen, S Teske, RL Vessella… - … journal of cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a folate glutamyl carboxypeptidase that is
oriented on the plasma membrane of normal and prostate cancer cells. A cytosolic version of …

DNA vaccines: an active immunization strategy for prostate cancer

JD Wolchok, PD Gregor, LT Nordquist, SF Slovin… - Seminars in …, 2003 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy is currently being investigated as a treatment for patients with asymptomatic,
recurrent prostate cancer manifested only by a rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level …

Prostate-specific membrane antigen association with filamin A modulates its internalization and NAALADase activity

G Anilkumar, SA Rajasekaran, S Wang, O Hankinson… - Cancer research, 2003 - AACR
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PMSA) is an integral membrane protein highly
expressed by prostate cancer cells. We reported previously that PSMA undergoes …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of hydroxamate-based inhibitors of glutamate carboxypeptidase II

D Stoermer, Q Liu, MR Hall, JM Flanary… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2003 - Elsevier
A series of hydroxamic acids has been prepared as potential inhibitors of glutamate
carboxypeptidase II (GCP II). Compounds based on a P1′ residue (primed-side inhibitors) …

NFATc1 with AP-3 site binding specificity mediates gene expression of prostate-specific-membrane-antigen

SJ Lee, KR Lee, X Yang, C Jung, T Gardner… - Journal of molecular …, 2003 - Elsevier
Prostate-specific-membrane-antigen (PSMA) is a marker protein expressed primarily in
prostate epithelium. Its prostate-specific expression is conferred by PSMA enhancer (PSME) …