[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor: structure, role in prostate cancer and drug discovery

MH Tan, J Li, HE Xu, K Melcher, E Yong - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2015 - nature.com
Androgens and androgen receptors (AR) play a pivotal role in expression of the male
phenotype. Several diseases, such as androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) and prostate …

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] Spatial maps of prostate cancer transcriptomes reveal an unexplored landscape of heterogeneity

E Berglund, J Maaskola, N Schultz, S Friedrich… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Intra-tumor heterogeneity is one of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment today. Here
we investigate tissue-wide gene expression heterogeneity throughout a multifocal prostate …

Androgen receptors in hormone-dependent and castration-resistant prostate cancer

AA Shafi, AE Yen, NL Weigel - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed non-
cutaneous cancer in males and the second leading cause of cancer-related death for men …

Androgen deprivation therapy: progress in understanding mechanisms of resistance and optimizing androgen depletion

WP Harris, EA Mostaghel, PS Nelson… - Nature clinical practice …, 2009 - nature.com
Androgen deprivation therapy remains a critical component of treatment for men with
advanced prostate cancer, and data support its use in metastatic disease and in conjunction …

Androgen receptor functions in castration-resistant prostate cancer and mechanisms of resistance to new agents targeting the androgen axis

X Yuan, C Cai, S Chen, Z Yu, SP Balk - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
The metabolic functions of androgen receptor (AR) in normal prostate are circumvented in
prostate cancer (PCa) to drive tumor growth, and the AR also can acquire new growth …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer development and progression

PE Lonergan, DJ Tindall - Journal of carcinogenesis, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis plays a critical role in the development, function
and homeostasis of the prostate. The classical action of AR is to regulate gene …

Androgen receptor (AR) coregulators: a diversity of functions converging on and regulating the AR transcriptional complex

HV Heemers, DJ Tindall - Endocrine reviews, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Androgens, acting through the androgen receptor (AR), are responsible for the development
of the male phenotype during embryogenesis, the achievement of sexual maturation at …

[HTML][HTML] RACK1, A multifaceted scaffolding protein: Structure and function

DR Adams, D Ron, PA Kiely - Cell communication and signaling, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) is a member of the tryptophan-
aspartate repeat (WD-repeat) family of proteins and shares significant homology to the β …

Targeting the androgen receptor pathway in prostate cancer

YU Chen, CL Sawyers, HI Scher - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
When prostate cancers progress following androgen depletion therapy, there are currently
few treatment options with only one, docetaxel, that has been shown to prolong life. Recent …