Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25580383›Full record

ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2013

Androgen receptor epigenetics.

Changmeng Cai, Xin Yuan, Steven P Balk

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Article in Translational andrology and urology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Dihydrotestosterone-androgen receptor signaling suppresses EBV-positive gastric cancer through DNA demethylation-mediated viral reactivation.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
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  10. IncreasedFrontiers in oncology · 2022
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  16. Exploiting Epigenetic Alterations in Prostate Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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  20. Prostate cancer epigenome.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Changmeng CaiHematology-Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Xin YuanHematology-Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Steven P BalkHematology-Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

Tumor and Circulating Markers as Links Between Obesity and Lethal Prostate CanceP50CA090381 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI LODA, MASSIMO · 2002 to 2017
$36.2M
Steroid Metabolism in Castration-Resistant Prostate CancerP01CA163227 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI EVA COREY · 2013 to 2026
$25.0M
SOX9 Mediation of AR and ERG Driven Prostate CancerR01CA168393 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BALK, STEVEN P., YUAN, XIN · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
SOX9 in prostate cancer development and progressionR01DK079962 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI YUAN, XIN · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
Molecular basis of androgen receptor mediated gene transcriptional repressionK99CA166507 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CAI, CHANGMENG · 2012 to 2013
$270k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA166507NCI NIH HHS P01 CA163227NCI NIH HHS P50 CA090381NCI NIH HHS R01 CA168393NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK079962
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The androgen receptor (AR) is a transcription factor that drives the differentiation of prostate epithelium by regulating the expression of several hundred genes. Conversely, AR also plays a central role in prostate cancer (PCa) development, and it continues to be active in tumors that relapse after castration (castration-resistant prostate cancer, CRPC). The transactivation function of AR has been extensively studied, and AR can also function as a transcriptional repressor on a distinct set of genes, but the identity of the AR regulated genes that are critical for PCa remain unclear. Moreover, the extent to which AR acquires new functions during PCa development and progression remains to be determined. Recent studies have highlighted the central role of chromatin structure and histone posttranslational modifications in determining the spectrum of genes regulated by AR and all other transcription factors. While the role of DNA methylation in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression is well established, it is now appreciated that chromatin structure plays a central and dynamic role in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression. The focus of this review is on AR interactions with chromatin and how they regulate AR function in PCa development and progression.

Indexed as

Androgen receptor (AR)epigeneticshistone methylationprostate cancer (PCa)transcription

Identifiers

PMID25580383
PMCPMC4286807
OpenAlexW2193461210

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