Article
Interleukin-6 promotes androgen-independent growth in LNCaP human prostate cancer cells.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jan 2003
Lee Soo Ok, Lou Wei, Hou Min, de Miguel Fernando, Gerber Lizabeth, Gao Allen C
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Prostate cancer frequently progresses from an initial androgen dependence to androgen independence, rendering the only effective androgen ablation therapy useless. The mechanism underlying the androgen-independent progression is incompletely understood. Interleukin (IL)-6 has been implicated in this androgen-independent progression. In this study, we tested whether IL-6 induces androgen-independent...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
