NF-kappaB regulates androgen receptor expression and prostate cancer growth.

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Prostate cancers that progress during androgen-deprivation therapy often overexpress the androgen receptor (AR) and depend on AR signaling for growth. In most cases, increased AR expression occurs without gene amplification and may be due to altered transcriptional regulation. The transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, which is implicated in tumorigenesis, functions as an important downstream substrate of mitogen-activated protein kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, AKT, and prot...

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Authors: Zhang, L; Altuwaijri, S; Deng, F; Chen, L; Lal, P

• Journal: American journal of pathology
• Volume: 175
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 489-499
• Publication date: 2009-08-01
• DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080727
• EISSN: 1525-2191
• ISSN: 0002-9440
• Language: English
• Keywords: Transcription Factor RelA; Mice, Nude; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Cell Proliferation; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays; Prostatic Neoplasms; Antineoplastic Agents; Animals; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Receptors, Androgen; Cell Line, Tumor; Mice; Humans; Sesquiterpenes; NF-kappa B; Male