Identification of novel androgen-responsive genes by sequencing of LongSAGE libraries.
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SUBMITTER: Romanuik TL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2766392 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
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Identification of novel androgen-responsive genes by sequencing of LongSAGE libraries.
Romanuik Tammy L TL Wang Gang G Holt Robert A RA Jones Steven J M SJ Marra Marco A MA Sadar Marianne D MD
BMC genomics 20091015
<h4>Background</h4>The development and maintenance of the prostate is dependent on androgens and the androgen receptor. The androgen pathway continues to be important in prostate cancer. Here, we evaluated the transcriptome of prostate cancer cells in response to androgen using long serial analysis of gene expression (LongSAGE) libraries.<h4>Results</h4>There were 131 tags (87 genes) that displayed statistically significant (p <or= 0.001) differences in expression in response to androgen. Many o ...[more]
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