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Estrogen receptor α in cancer-associated fibroblasts suppresses prostate cancer invasion via modulation of thrombospondin 2 and matrix metalloproteinase 3.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jun 2014
Slavin Spencer, Yeh Chiuan-Ren, Da Jun, Yu Shengqiang, Miyamoto Hiroshi, Messing Edward M, Guancial Elizabeth, Yeh Shuyuan
Abstract excerpt
The prostate cancer (PCa) microenvironment contains active stromal cells known as cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) that may play important roles in influencing tumor progression. Here we studied the role of CAF estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and found that it could protect against PCa invasion....
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