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Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in mice with conditional disruption of the retinoid X receptor alpha allele in the prostate epithelium.
Cancer research - 15 Aug 2002
Huang Jiapeng, Powell William C, Khodavirdi Ani C, Wu Jian, Makita Takako, Cardiff Robert D, Cohen Michael B, Sucov Henry M, Roy-Burman Pradip
Abstract excerpt
Retinoids, which are important regulators of cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, have been used in treatment or chemoprevention of multiple cancers including prostate cancer. To elucidate the mechanism of action of retinoids in the context of the prostate, we used the Cre-loxP system to disrupt the retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha) gene specifically in the prostatic epithelium of the mouse. Evidence...
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