Prostate Cancer
New research on prostate cancer from National Institutes of Health summarized
Published in Cancer Weekly, May 18th, 2010
According to a study from the United States, "beta-Catenin/T-cell factor signaling (beta-CTS) plays multiple critical roles in carcinogenesis and is blocked by androgens in androgen receptor (AR)-responsive prostate cancer (PrCa) cells, primarily via AR sequestration of beta-catenin from T-cell factor. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), often used as an over-the-counter nutritional supplement, is metabolized to androgens and estrogens in humans."
"The efficacy and safety of unregulated use of DHEA are unclear. We now report that DHEA induces beta-CTS via increasing association of estrogen receptor (ER)-beta with Dishevelled2 (Dvl2) in AR nonresponsive human PrCa DU145...
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