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ArticleAsian journal of andrology

Prostate cancer metastasis-driving genes: hurdles and potential approaches in their identification.

Yan Ting Chiang, Peter W Gout, Colin C Collins, Yuzhuo Wang

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Article in Asian journal of andrology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yan Ting Chiang
Peter W Gout
Colin C Collins
Yuzhuo WangThe Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital and Department of Urologic Sciences, the University of British Columbia; Department of Experimental Therapeutics, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
BC Cancer Agency · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAVancouver General Hospital · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic prostate cancer is currently incurable. Metastasis is thought to result from changes in the expression of specific metastasis-driving genes in nonmetastatic prostate cancer tissue, leading to a cascade of activated downstream genes that set the metastatic process in motion. Such genes could potentially serve as effective therapeutic targets for improved management of the disease. They could be identified by comparative analysis of gene expression profiles of patient-derived metastatic and nonmetastatic prostate cancer tissues to pinpoint genes showing altered expression, followed by determining whether silencing of such genes can lead to inhibition of metastatic properties. Various hurdles encountered in this approach are discussed, including (i) the need for clinically relevant, nonmetastatic and metastatic prostate cancer tissues such as xenografts of patients' prostate cancers developed via subrenal capsule grafting technology and (ii) limitations in the currently available methodology for identification of master regulatory genes.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticCell Cycle ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleNeoplasm MetastasisProstateProstatic NeoplasmsTranscription FactorsCell Cycle ProteinsDistal-less homeobox proteinsHomeodomain ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsTIMELESS protein, humanTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID24589457
PMCPMC4104078
OpenAlexW2118373933

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