Abstract:Introduction: Early stages of prostate cancer (PCa) are commonly treated with surgery and androgen-deprivation therapy, but PCa can turn castration resistant due to pre-existing stem cell-like cells which might re-initiate tumor growth and lead to metastasis. Previously, it has been shown that human tumors express high levels of Cripto, an oncofetal protein, for this reason our hypothesis is that Cripto might play a role in PCa initiation and progression. We aim to study its oncogenic features in GEMMs models … Show more
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