Genetic and molecular differences in prostate carcinogenesis between african american and caucasian american men

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 15510-15531

  Farrell, James ^a,b,c   Petrovics, Gyorgy ^a   Mcleod, David G ^a,c   Srivastava, Shiv ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CAG repeats; ERG; GWAS; Prostate cancer; Racial differences; Review

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 4; DUTASTERIDE; ESTROGEN; FINASTERIDE; GELATINASE B; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; MICRORNA; TESTOSTERONE; TOREMIFENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AR GENE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUCASIAN; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIGENETICS; ERG GENE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GSTP1 GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TMPRSS2 GENE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANDROGENS; CARCINOGENESIS; ESTROGENS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880803870     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140815510     Document Type: Review

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