Prostate cancer treatment is dominated by strategies to control androgen receptor (AR) activity.
AR has an impact on prostate cancer development through the regulation of not only transcription networks but also genomic stability and DNA repair, as manifest in the emergence of gene fusions. Whole-genome maps of AR binding sites and transcript profiling have shown changes in the recruitment and regulatory effect of AR on transcription as prostate cancer progresses. Defining other factors that are involved in this reprogramming of AR function gives various opportunities for cancer detection and therapeutic intervention.
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Prostate Cancer Research Group, Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospitals, N-0318 Oslo, Norway; Departments of Cancer Prevention and Urology, Institute of Cancer Research and Oslo University Hospitals, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Uro-Oncology Research Group, Cambridge Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.
Reference: Nat Rev Cancer. 2014 Feb 24;14(3):187-98.
doi: 10.1038/nrc3678
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24561445
