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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Angela Ting
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35401 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer research 20121211 3
Recent epidemiologic data show that low serum cholesterol level as well as statin use is associated with a decreased risk of developing aggressive or advanced prostate cancer, suggesting a role for cholesterol in aggressive prostate cancer development. Intracellular cholesterol promotes prostate cancer progression as a substrate for de novo androgen synthesis and through regulation of AKT signaling. By conducting next-generation sequencing-based DNA methylome analysis, we have discovered marked ...[more]