“…Furthermore, neoplastic prostatic epithelial cells may be able to acquire the ability to assume a fibroblastic phenotype by undergoing EMT, similar to that demonstrated in breast cancer biopsy tissues (Petersen et al, 2003). Another alternative mechanism might be that loss of epithelial and stromal differentiation in the prostate leads to the recruitment of bone marrow‐derived cells that subsequently take up residence and differentiate into myofibroblasts in the stroma (Lincoln et al, 1997; Brittan et al, 2002, 2005; Direkze et al, 2003; Hashimoto et al, 2004; Hayashida et al, 2005; Jabs et al, 2005; Mori et al, 2005; Yamaguchi et al, 2005; Haudek et al, 2006; Asawa et al, 2007; Bellini and Mattoli, 2007; Dupuis et al, 2007; Li et al, 2007; Morimoto et al, 2007).…”