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SUBMITTER: Mak P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4382442 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mak Paul P Li Jiarong J Samanta Sanjoy S Chang Cheng C Jerry D Joseph DJ Davis Roger J RJ Leav Irwin I Mercurio Arthur M AM
Cell reports 20150326 12
The role of ERβ in prostate cancer is unclear, although loss of ERβ is associated with aggressive disease. Given that mice deficient in ERβ do not develop prostate cancer, we hypothesized that ERβ loss occurs as a consequence of tumorigenesis caused by other oncogenic mechanisms and that its loss is necessary for tumorigenesis. In support of this hypothesis, we found that ERβ is targeted for repression in prostate cancer caused by PTEN deletion and that loss of ERβ is important for tumor formati ...[more]