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SUBMITTER: Feng S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4627308 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feng Shu S Wang Jianghua J Zhang Yiqun Y Creighton Chad J CJ Ittmann Michael M
Oncotarget 20150701 19
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in US men and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is an endocrine FGF, normally expressed by osteocytes, which plays a critical role in phosphate homeostasis via a feedback loop involving the kidney and vitamin D. We now show that FGF23 is expressed as an autocrine growth factor in all prostate cancer cell lines tested and is present at increased levels in prostate cancer tissues. Exogenous FGF23 enhances prolif ...[more]