Androgen Receptor in Cancers: Not Only Prostate
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 1717
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Interests: castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC); extracellular vesicles; sex steroid hormones in cancers (breast, prostate, pancreatic and colon); triple negative breast cancer; sex steroid receptors; growth factor receptors signaling
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Dear Colleagues,
The androgen receptor belongs to the sex steroid receptor family and is commonly known as a transcription factor that is directly involved in prostate cancer (PC) progression. Recent advances have not only discovered that AR influences PC behavior by controlling the rapid activation of different signaling transduction pathways, but also that this steroid receptor affects the pathogenesis and advancement of cancer in a plethora of other organs in addition to the prostate. The role of AR in breast cancer is now better known, especially in the most aggressive subtype triple negative breast cancer (TNBC); furthermore, it is also clear that AR can act upon the development and progression of non-hormone related cancers such as gastroesophageal and lung cancers or melanoma. These tumors are known as gender-related cancers because their incidence and mortality are unequal between men and women, displaying the highest number in the former. The study and understanding of mechanisms influencing the differences between the two sexes could be useful to develop preventive screening or therapeutic strategies to limit the onset of these tumors.
This Special Issue aims to increase the knowledge about the role of the androgen receptor in all cancers that are not usually dependent on androgens in the same way as for prostate cancer. All original articles and reviews describing AR action in cancers except prostate are welcome.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- AR in cancer;
- AR in the cancer microenvironment;
- AR in exosomes;
- AR in cancer therapy.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Pia Giovannelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- androgens
- androgen receptor
- gender
- gender-related cancers
- lung cancer
- melanoma
- gastrointestinal cancers
- bladder cancer
- brain cancers
- sarcomas
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