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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2795008 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Diping D Montgomery R Bruce RB Schmidt Lucy J LJ Mostaghel Elahe A EA Huang Haojie H Nelson Peter S PS Tindall Donald J DJ
Cancer research 20091201 24
By using LNCaP and its derivative cell lines, we first observed an association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) resistance and hormone independence. Moreover, we found that the expression of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated death domain (TRADD) was reduced in androgen deprivation-independent cells compared with that in androgen deprivation-dependent cells. TRADD is a crucial transducer for TNF-alpha-induced nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation. Knocking down TRADD ...[more]