Publications by authors named "Valeria A Copello"

Unlabelled: Men with advanced prostate cancer are treated by androgen deprivation therapy but the disease recurs as incurable castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), requiring new treatment options. We previously demonstrated that the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) arginine vasopressin receptor type1A (AVPR1A) is expressed in CRPC and promotes castration-resistant growth in vitro and in vivo. AVPR1A is part of a family of GPCR's including arginine vasopressin receptor type 2 (AVPR2).

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Prostate cancer that recurs following androgen-deprivation therapy is termed castration-resistant, which is incurable and is marked by reactivation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling. KIF20A, a kinesin with unique structural features, is overexpressed in human castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) compared to androgen-dependent PC and benign tissue. KIF20A has well-described roles in mitotic processes, but it has a less characterized function in vesicle fission and trafficking within Golgi-driven secretory pathways.

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Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) recurs after androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and is incurable. Reactivation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling in the low androgen environment of ADT drives CRPC. This AR activity occurs through a variety of mechanisms, including up-regulation of AR coactivators such as VAV3 and expression of constitutively active AR variants such as the clinically relevant AR-V7.

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Identifying critical pathways governing disease progression is essential for accurate prognosis and effective therapy. We developed a broadly applicable and novel systems-level gene discovery strategy. This approach focused on constitutively active androgen receptor (AR) splice variant-driven pathways as representative of an intractable mechanism of prostate cancer (PC) therapeutic resistance.

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