Molecular genetics of prostate cancer: new prospects for old challenges

MM Shen, C Abate-Shen - Genes & development, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite much recent progress, prostate cancer continues to represent a major cause of
cancer-related mortality and morbidity in men. Since early studies on the role of the …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding and targeting prostate cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity

DG Tang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a prevalent malignancy that occurs primarily in old males. Prostate
tumors in different patients manifest significant inter-patient heterogeneity with respect to …

[HTML][HTML] High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia

DG Bostwick, J Qian - Modern pathology, 2004 - Elsevier
High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) is now accepted as the most likely
preinvasive stage of adenocarcinoma, almost two decades after its first formal description …

Telomerase reactivation following telomere dysfunction yields murine prostate tumors with bone metastases

Z Ding, CJ Wu, M Jaskelioff, E Ivanova, M Kost-Alimova… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
To determine the role of telomere dysfunction and telomerase reactivation in generating pro-
oncogenic genomic events and in carcinoma progression, an inducible telomerase reverse …

Telomere length abnormalities occur early in the initiation of epithelial carcinogenesis

AK Meeker, JL Hicks, CA Iacobuzio-Donahue… - Clinical Cancer …, 2004 - AACR
Purpose: Telomeres help maintain chromosomal integrity. Dysfunctional telomeres can
cause genetic instability in vitro and an increased cancer incidence in telomerase knock out …

Pathological and molecular mechanisms of prostate carcinogenesis: implications for diagnosis, detection, prevention, and treatment

AM De Marzo, TL DeWeese, EA Platz… - Journal of cellular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer is an increasing threat throughout the world. As a result of a demographic
shift in population, the number of men at risk for developing prostate cancer is growing …

Enhanced paracrine FGF10 expression promotes formation of multifocal prostate adenocarcinoma and an increase in epithelial androgen receptor

S Memarzadeh, L Xin, DJ Mulholland, A Mansukhani… - Cancer cell, 2007 - cell.com
Enhanced mesenchymal expression of FGF10 led to the formation of multifocal PIN or
prostate cancer. Inhibition of epithelial FGFR1 signaling using DN FGFR1 led to reversal of …

[HTML][HTML] Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia: an overview

MK Brawer - Reviews in urology, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) is the most established precursor of prostatic
carcinoma. The presence of prominent nucleoli within an existing duct structure is an easy …

Precursors of prostate cancer

DG Bostwick, L Cheng - Histopathology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bostwick DG & Cheng L (2012) Histopathology 60, 4–27 Precursors of prostate cancer High‐
grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) is the only accepted precursor of prostatic …

Molecular evidence that invasive adenocarcinoma can mimic prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) and intraductal carcinoma through retrograde glandular …

MC Haffner, C Weier, MM Xu, A Vaghasia… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer often manifests as morphologically distinct tumour foci and is frequently
found adjacent to presumed precursor lesions such as high‐grade prostatic intraepithelial …