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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lizhong Wang
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-108 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer cell 20091001 4
Despite clear epidemiological and genetic evidence for X-linked prostate cancer risk, all prostate cancer genes identified are autosomal. Here, we report somatic inactivating mutations and deletion of the X-linked FOXP3 gene residing at Xp11.23 in human prostate cancer. Lineage-specific ablation of FoxP3 in the mouse prostate epithelial cells leads to prostate hyperplasia and prostate intraepithelial neoplasia. In both normal and malignant prostate tissues, FOXP3 is both necessary and sufficient ...[more]