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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Tracing the Evolution of Sex Hormones and Receptor-Mediated Immune Microenvironmental Differences in Prostate and Bladder Cancers: From Embryonic Development to Disease.

Dengxiong Li, Zhipeng Wang, Qingxin Yu, Jie Wang, Ruicheng Wu, Zhouting Tuo, Koo Han Yoo, Dilinaer Wusiman, Luxia Ye, Yiqing Guo and 7 more

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Dengxiong LiDepartment of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1943-6758
Zhipeng WangDepartment of Urology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Qingxin YuDepartment of pathology, Ningbo Clinical Pathology Diagnosis Center, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, 315211, China.
Jie WangDepartment of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Ruicheng WuDepartment of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Zhouting TuoDepartment of Urological Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical Center of PLA, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 404100, China.
Koo Han YooDepartment of Urology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 04510, South Korea.
Dilinaer WusimanDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
Luxia YeDepartment of Public Research Platform, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, 317000, China.
Yiqing GuoDepartment of Public Research Platform, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, 317000, China.
Yubo YangDepartment of Urology, Three Gorges Hospital, Chongqing University, Wanzhou, Chongqing, 404000, China.
Fanglin ShaoDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, P. R. China.
Ziyu ShuDepartment of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Uzoamaka OkoliDivision of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, W1W 7TS, UK.
William C ChoDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, China.
Wuran WeiDepartment of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Dechao FengDepartment of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8587-6959

Funding

Chinese Scholarship Council 202206240086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bladder and prostate originate from the urogenital sinus. However, bladder cancer (BC) is usually classified as an immune "hot" tumor, whereas prostate cancer (PCa) is deemed as an immune "cold" tumor according to the tumor microenvironment (TME) and clinical outcomes. To investigate the immune differences between BC and PCa, studies are compared focusing on immune regulation mediated by sex hormones and receptors to identify key genes and pathways responsible for the immune differences. From a developmental perspective, it is shown that PCa and BC activate genes and pathways similar to those in the developmental stage. During prostate development, the differential expression and function of the androgen receptor (AR) across cell types may contribute to its dual role in promoting and inhibiting immunity in different cells. Androgen deprivation therapy affects AR function in different cells within the TME, influencing immune cell infiltration and antitumor function. Additionally, estrogenα and estrogenβ exert contrasting effects in PCa and BC, which may hold the potential for modifying the "cold" and "hot" tumor phenotypes. Future research should target key genes and pathways involved in bladder development to clarify the immune regulatory similarities and differences between BC and PCa.

Indexed as

Embryonic DevelopmentGonadal Steroid HormonesProstatic NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAnimalsHumansMaleReceptors, AndrogenGonadal Steroid HormonesReceptors, Androgenbladder cancerdevelopmental biologyimmune microenvironmentprostate cancerreceptorssex hormones

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PMID40007149
PMCPMC11967776

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