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SUBMITTER: Nickols NG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1965528 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nickols Nicholas G NG Dervan Peter B PB
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070612 25
Androgen receptor (AR) is essential for the growth and progression of prostate cancer in both hormone-sensitive and hormone-refractory disease. A DNA-binding polyamide that targets the consensus androgen response element binds the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) promoter androgen response element, inhibits androgen-induced expression of PSA and several other AR-regulated genes in cultured prostate cancer cells, and reduces AR occupancy at the PSA promoter and enhancer. Down-regulation of PSA by ...[more]