Upregulation of the transcription factor TFAP2D is associated with aggressive tumor phenotype in prostate cancer lacking the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion.
Christoph FrauneLuisa HarmsFranziska BüscheckDoris HöflmayerMaria Christina TsourlakisTill S ClauditzRonald SimonKatharina MöllerAndreas M LuebkeChristina Möller-KoopStefan SteurerClaudia Hube-MaggGuido SauterSören WeidemannPatrick LebokDavid DumSimon KindSarah MinnerJakob R IzbickiThorsten SchlommHartwig HulandHans HeinzerEike BurandtAlexander HaeseMarkus GraefenCornelia SchroederPublished in: Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) (2020)
These data demonstrate that TFAP2D protein overexpression is linked to prostate cancer progression and genomic instability in ERG negative prostate cancers.