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ReviewCancers2015

Prostate Cancer Stem-like Cells Contribute to the Development of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Diane Ojo, Xiaozeng Lin, Nicholas Wong, Yan Gu, Damu Tang

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Review in Cancers, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Diane OjoDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. ojod@mcmaster.ca.
Xiaozeng LinDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. linx36@mcmaster.ca.
Nicholas WongDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. wongnyh@gmail.com.
Yan GuDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. yangu@hotmail.ca.
Damu TangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada. damut@mcmaster.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been the standard care for patients with advanced prostate cancer (PC) since the 1940s. Although ADT shows clear benefits for many patients, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) inevitably occurs. In fact, with the two recent FDA-approved second-generation anti-androgens abiraterone and enzalutamide, resistance develops rapidly in patients with CRPC, despite their initial effectiveness. The lack of effective therapeutic solutions towards CRPC largely reflects our limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms responsible for CRPC development. While persistent androgen receptor (AR) signaling under castration levels of serum testosterone (<50 ng/mL) contributes to resistance to ADT, it is also clear that CRPC evolves via complex mechanisms. Nevertheless, the physiological impact of individual mechanisms and whether these mechanisms function in a cohesive manner in promoting CRPC are elusive. In spite of these uncertainties, emerging evidence supports a critical role of prostate cancer stem-like cells (PCSLCs) in stimulating CRPC evolution and resistance to abiraterone and enzalutamide. In this review, we will discuss the recent evidence supporting the involvement of PCSLC in CRPC acquisition as well as the pathways and factors contributing to PCSLC expansion in response to ADT.

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androgen receptorcastration resistant prostate cancerIL6prostate cancerprostate cancer stem-like cellsSTAT3

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PMID26593949
PMCPMC4695890

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