Prostate cancer: Connecting androgen receptor and immunity
Nature Reviews Cancer 16, 273 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nrc.2016.46
Author: Sarah Seton-Rogers
Surgical androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has activating effects on the immune system. However, whether medical ADT (with androgen receptor (AR) antagonists) has similar effects is not clear. Pu et al. report the unexpected finding that AR antagonists suppress immune responses by inhibiting T cell
Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sarah Seton-Rogers Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research