Investigative Urology

In vitro model systems to study androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer - Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common causes of male cancer-related death in Western nations.

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Establishment of a mouse model bearing spinal metastatic human prostate cancer using fluorescence-labeled PC-3 cells - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To establish a mouse model of spinal metastasis of human prostate cancer using fluorescence-labeled PC-3 cells to allow direct observation by in vivo imaging.

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Crude saponins from Platycodon grandiflorum induce apoptotic cell death in RC-58T/h/SA#4 prostate cancer cells through the activation of caspase cascades and apoptosis-inducing factor - Abstract

Saponins are a major active component of Platycodon grandiflorum (P. grandiflorum) and are known to induce apoptosis in metastatic prostate cancer cell lines.

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Quantitative proteomics reveals that enzymes of the ketogenic pathway are associated with prostate cancer progression - Abstract

Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men.

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Epigenetic reactivation of Nrf2 in murine prostate cancer TRAMP C1 cells by natural phytochemicals Z-Ligustilide and Radix Angelica Sinensis via promoter CpG demethylation - Abstract

Cancer development has been linked to epigenetic modifications of cancer oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes; in advanced metastatic cancers, severe epigenetic modifications are present.

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Flavanols from Japanese quince (chaenomeles japonica) fruit inhibit human prostate and breast cancer cell line invasiveness and cause favorable changes in bax/bcl-2 mRNA ratio - Abstract

Polyphenols are natural compounds of high structural diversity which translates into a very wide spectrum of biological activities, including chemoprevention.

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Ginger phytochemicals exhibit synergy to inhibit prostate cancer cell proliferation - Abstract

Dietary phytochemicals offer nontoxic therapeutic management as well as chemopreventive intervention for slow-growing prostate cancers.

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Using genetic proxies for lifecourse sun exposure to assess the causal relationship of sun exposure with circulating vitamin D and prostate cancer risk - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ecological and epidemiological studies have identified an inverse association of intensity and duration of sunlight exposure with prostate cancer, which may be explained by a reduction in vitamin D synthesis.

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The endocrine fibroblast growth factor FGF19 promotes prostate cancer progression - Abstract

Prostate cancer is the most common visceral malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in US men.

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The myxovirus resistance A (MxA) gene -88G>T single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with prostate cancer - Abstract

BACKGROUND: Myxovirus (influenza virus) resistance A (MxA) is an interferon stimulated antiviral protein that is required for a complete antiviral response.

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