Glucocorticoids can promote androgen-independent growth of prostate cancer cells through a mutated androgen receptor

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 703-706

  Zhao, Xiao Yan ^a   Malloy, Peter J ^a   Krishnan, Aruna V ^a   Swami, Srilatha ^a   Navone, Nora M ^b   Peehl, Donna M ^a   Feldman, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CORTISONE; COS CELLS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PROGESTERONE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034125195     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/76287     Document Type: Article

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