SFRP1 increases TMPRSS2-ERG expression promoting neoplastic features in prostate cancer in vitro and in vivo

Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second cause of cancer related death in North American men. Androgens play an important role in its progression by regulating the expression of several genes including fusion ones that results from structural chromosome rearrangements. TMPRSS2-ERG is...

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Main Authors: Carlos D. Cruz-Hernández, Marian Cruz-Burgos, Sergio A. Cortés-Ramírez, Alberto Losada-García, Ignacio Camacho-Arroyo, Patricia García-López, Elizabeth Langley, Vanessa González-Covarrubias, Monserrat Llaguno-Munive, Martha E. Albino-Sánchez, José L. Cruz-Colín, Carlos Pérez-Plasencia, Fredy O. Beltrán-Anaya, Mauricio Rodríguez-Dorantes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12935-020-01333-5