Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Extensive androgen receptor enhancer heterogeneity in primary prostate cancers underlies transcriptional diversity and metastatic potential

  • Jeroen Kneppers,
  • Tesa M. Severson,
  • Joseph C. Siefert,
  • Pieter Schol,
  • Stacey E. P. Joosten,
  • Ivan Pak Lok Yu,
  • Chia-Chi Flora Huang,
  • Tunç Morova,
  • Umut Berkay Altıntaş,
  • Claudia Giambartolomei,
  • Ji-Heui Seo,
  • Sylvan C. Baca,
  • Isa Carneiro,
  • Eldon Emberly,
  • Bogdan Pasaniuc,
  • Carmen Jerónimo,
  • Rui Henrique,
  • Matthew L. Freedman,
  • Lodewyk F. A. Wessels,
  • Nathan A. Lack,
  • Andries M. Bergman,
  • Wilbert Zwart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35135-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Epigenetic reprogramming of the androgen receptor (AR) has been identified as an important process driving prostate cancer (PCa) progression. Here, the authors analyze the role of AR chromatin binding heterogeneity in PCa clinical outcomes, metastasis and relapse.