Advances in bladder cancer biology and therapy

L Tran, JF Xiao, N Agarwal, JE Duex… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The field of research in bladder cancer has seen significant advances in recent years. Next-
generation sequencing has identified the genes most mutated in bladder cancer. This …

Bladder cancer

O Sanli, J Dobruch, MA Knowles, M Burger… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Bladder cancer is a highly prevalent disease and is associated with substantial morbidity,
mortality and cost. Environmental or occupational exposures to carcinogens, especially …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of biological sex on diseases of the urinary tract

L Deltourbe, LL Mariano, TN Hreha, DA Hunstad… - Mucosal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological sex, being female or male, broadly influences diverse immune phenotypes,
including immune responses to diseases at mucosal surfaces. Sex hormones, sex …

Gender differences in incidence and outcomes of urothelial and kidney cancer

I Lucca, T Klatte, H Fajkovic, M De Martino… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
A gender discrepancy exists in the incidence of both urothelial and kidney carcinomas, with
more men presenting with these cancers than women. Men have a threefold greater risk of …

Targeting androgen receptor (AR) with antiandrogen Enzalutamide increases prostate cancer cell invasion yet decreases bladder cancer cell invasion via differentially …

G Deng, R Wang, Y Sun, CP Huang, S Yeh… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) via targeting androgens/androgen receptor (AR)
signals may suppress cell proliferation in both prostate cancer (PCa) and bladder cancer …

Androgen receptor signaling in bladder cancer

P Li, J Chen, H Miyamoto - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Emerging preclinical findings have indicated that steroid hormone receptor signaling plays
an important role in bladder cancer outgrowth. In particular, androgen-mediated androgen …

Emerging roles of cancer stem cells in bladder cancer progression, tumorigenesis, and resistance to chemotherapy: a potential therapeutic target for bladder cancer

A Abugomaa, M Elbadawy, H Yamawaki, T Usui… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bladder cancer (BC) is a complex and highly heterogeneous stem cell disease associated
with high morbidity and mortality rates if it is not treated properly. Early diagnosis with …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor microenvironment B cells increase bladder cancer metastasis via modulation of the IL-8/androgen receptor (AR)/MMPs signals

Z Ou, Y Wang, L Liu, L Li, S Yeh, L Qi, C Chang - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While B cells in the tumor microenvironment may play important roles in cancer progression,
their impacts on the bladder cancer (BCa) metastasis remain unclear. Here we found from …

[HTML][HTML] ELK1 is up-regulated by androgen in bladder cancer cells and promotes tumor progression

T Kawahara, HK Shareef, AK Aljarah, H Ide, Y Li… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Little is known about biological significance of ELK1, a transcriptional factor that activates
downstream targets including c-fos proto-oncogene, in bladder cancer. Recent preclinical …

The androgen receptor in bladder cancer

J Chen, CP Huang, C Quan, X Zu, Z Ou… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide with a striking sex-based
difference in incidence. Emerging evidence indicates that the androgen receptor (AR) might …