Developmental exposure to estrogen alters differentiation and epigenetic programming in a human fetal prostate xenograft model.

Prostate cancer is the most frequent non-cutaneous malignancy in men. There is strong evidence in rodents that neonatal estrogen exposure plays a role in the development of this disease. However, there is little information regarding the effects of estrogen in human fetal prostate tissue. This study...

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Main Authors: Camelia M Saffarini, Elizabeth V McDonnell-Clark, Ali Amin, Susan M Huse, Kim Boekelheide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370592?pdf=render