Article
Alterations of androgen receptor in prostate cancer.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2004
Linja Marika J, Visakorpi Tapio
Abstract excerpt
The significance of androgens in the development of prostate cancer has been known for more than half century. During the last decade, a lot of effort has been put to study the significance of the specific nuclear receptor of the hormone, androgen receptor (AR). It has been suggested that polymorphisms, especially the length of CAG repeat in exon 1 of the gene, are associated with the risk of prostate cancer....
Topics
- Androgen Antagonists
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Germ Cells
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Receptor, ErbB-2
- Receptors, Androgen
- Signal Transduction
