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Interferon-gamma induces neuroendocrine-like differentiation of human prostate basal-epithelial cells.
The Prostate - 1 Sept 2005
Untergasser Gerold, Plas Eugen, Pfister Gerald, Heinrich Elmar, Berger Peter
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BACKGROUND: Prostatic neuroendocrine (NE) cells are intraglandular hybrid epithelial-neural-endocrine cells that express and secrete numerous hormones and neuropeptides, which presumably regulate growth, differentiation, and secretory activity of the prostatic epithelium. This specialized cell type appears to differentiate from a common basal/precursor/stem cell that also gives rise to the secretory epithelium....
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