RANK/RANKL expression in prostate cancer

Mari Ohtaka; Takashi Kawahara; Taku Mochizuki; Daiji Takamoto; Yusuke Hattori; Jun-Ichi Teranishi; Yasuhide Miyoshi; Yasushi Yumura; Hisashi Hasumi; Yumiko Yokomizo; Narihiko Hayashi; Keiichi Kondo; Masahiro Yao; Hiroshi Miyamoto; Hiroji Uemura

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.11.042

RANK/RANKL expression in prostate cancer

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017:30:106-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.11.042. Epub 2016 Nov 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: marimo633@yahoo.co.jp.
² Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan; Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: takashi_tk2001@yahoo.co.jp.
³ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: apotaku24@yahoo.co.jp.
⁴ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: daiji_niigata@yahoo.co.jp.
⁵ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: hatu98@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
⁶ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: jteran@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
⁷ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: miyoyasu@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
⁸ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: yumura@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
⁹ Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: hisahasu@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: yumiko1@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
¹¹ Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: twnary@yahoo.co.jp.
¹² Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: kkurouro@urahp.yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
¹³ Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: masayao@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
¹⁴ Departments of Pathology and Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. Electronic address: hmiyamo1@jhmi.edu.
¹⁵ Departments of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: hu0428@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.

Abstract

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Expression of RANK and RANKL genes in prostate cancer is higher than non-neoplastic prostate.
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RANK/RANKL expression is not related to pathological features.
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There is no significant correlation of RANK/RANKL expression with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy.

Keywords: Prostate cancer; RANK/RANKL.