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Testosterone abrogates TLR4 activation in prostate smooth muscle cells contributing to the preservation of a differentiated phenotype.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Jul 2013
Leimgruber Carolina, Quintar Amado Alfredo, García Luciana Noemí, Petiti Juan Pablo, De Paul Ana Lucía, Maldonado Cristina Alicia
Abstract excerpt
Prostate smooth muscle cells (pSMCs) are capable of responding to inflammatory stimuli by secreting proinflammatory products, which causes pSMCs to undergo dedifferentiation. Although it has been proposed that androgens decrease proinflammatory molecules in many cells and under various conditions, the role of testosterone in the prostate inflammatory microenvironment is still unclear. Therefore, our aim was to...
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