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2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene stimulates androgen independence in prostate cancer cells through combinatorial activation of mutant androgen receptor and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.
Molecular cancer research : MCR - 1 Sept 2008
Shah Supriya, Hess-Wilson Janet K, Webb Siobhan, Daly Hannah, Godoy-Tundidor Sonia, Kim Jae, Boldison Joanne, Daaka Yehia, Knudsen Karen E
Abstract excerpt
Therapy resistance represents a major clinical challenge in disseminated prostate cancer for which only palliative treatment is available. One phenotype of therapy-resistant tumors is the expression of somatic, gain-of-function mutations of the androgen receptor (AR). Such mutant receptors can use noncanonical endogenous ligands (e.g., estrogen) as agonists, thereby promoting recurrent tumor formation....
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