The many faces of neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer progression

In normal prostate, neuroendocrine (NE) cells are rare and interspersed among the epithelium. These cells are believed to provide trophic signals to epithelial cell populations through the secretion of an abundance of neuropeptides that can diffuse to influence surrounding cells. In the setting of p...

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Main Authors: Stephane eTerry, Himisha eBeltran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00060/full