The pace of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia development is determined by the timing of Pten tumor suppressor gene excision.

Loss of the PTEN tumor suppressor is a common occurrence in human prostate cancer, particularly in advanced disease. In keeping with its role as a pivotal upstream regulator of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling pathway, experimentally-induced deletion of Pten in the murine prostate invaria...

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Main Authors: H Artee Luchman, Hallgrimur Benediktsson, Michelle L Villemaire, Alan C Peterson, Frank R Jirik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2597775?pdf=render