Neuroendorine differentiation in prostate cancer: A mechanism of radioresistance and treatment failure

Neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in prostate cancer is a well recognized phenotypic change by which prostate cancer cells transdifferentiate into neuroendocrine-like (NE-like) cells. NE-like cells lack the expression of androgen receptor and prostate specific antigen, and are resistant to treatm...

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Main Authors: Chang-Deng eHu, Richard eChoo, Jiaoti eHuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
EMT
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2015.00090/full