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NATURE REVIEWS UROLOGY
卷 15, 期 5, 页码 271-286出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2018.22
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资金
- Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) Young Investigator Award
- US Department of Defense
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
- PCF
- PCF Challenge Award
- Prostate Cancer Canada [T2013-01]
- Terry Fox Research Institute [F15-05505]
The success of next-generation androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibitors, such as abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide, in treating prostate cancer has been hampered by the emergence of drug resistance. This acquired drug resistance is driven, in part, by the ability of prostate cancer cells to change their phenotype to adopt AR-independent pathways for growth and survival. Around one-quarter of resistant prostate tumours comprise cells that have undergone cellular reprogramming to become AR-independent and to acquire a continuum of neuroendocrine characteristics. These highly aggressive and lethal tumours, termed neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), exhibit reactivation of developmental programmes that are associated with epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and acquisition of stem-like cell properties. In the past few years, our understanding of the link between lineage plasticity and an emergent NEPC phenotype has considerably increased. This new knowledge can contribute to novel therapeutic modalities that are likely to improve the treatment and clinical management of aggressive prostate cancer.
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