| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
0-114 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Molecular characterization of a metastatic neuroendocrine cell cancer arising in the prostates of transgenic mice. |
| T2 |
115-200 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The features and functions of prostatic neuroendocrine (NE) cells remain ill-defined. |
| T3 |
201-379 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in adenocarcinoma of the human prostate (CaP) is associated with more aggressive disease, but the underlying mediators are poorly understood. |
| T4 |
380-562 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We examined these issues in transgenic mice that utilize regulatory elements from the cryptdin-2 gene (Defcr2) to express simian virus 40 large T antigen (TAg) in prostatic NE cells. |
| T5 |
563-680 |
Sentence |
denotes |
CR2-TAg mice develop prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia at 8 weeks of age, 1 week after the onset of TAg expression. |
| T6 |
681-807 |
Sentence |
denotes |
An invasive phase follows 2-4 weeks later, with lymph node, liver, lung, brain, and bone metastases appearing within 16 weeks. |
| T7 |
808-947 |
Sentence |
denotes |
DNA microarray studies revealed 122 mRNAs that were increased >/=2-fold in duplicate assays of 16-week-old CR2-TAg versus normal prostates. |
| T8 |
948-1290 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Thirty two transcripts encode proteins associated with neurons and endocrine cells (e.g. basic helix loop helix, SRY-related high mobility group box and sine-oculis homeobox transcription factors, Hu RNA-binding proteins, neuronatin, Racgap1, collapsin response mediator protein-1, synaptotagmin-1, proprotein convertase, and secretogranins). |
| T9 |
1291-1643 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Follow-up studies of candidate mediators and biomarkers of differentiation/growth in the microarray data set involved real time quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR assays of laser capture microdissected NE cells from CR2-TAg prostates plus liver metastases, and immunohistochemical comparisons of transgenic mouse prostates and 35 human CaP samples. |
| T10 |
1644-2183 |
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denotes |
Our findings include (a) expression of the bHLH mouse achaete-scute homolog (mASH1) in normal and CR2-TAg NE cells and foci of NED in human CaP, (b) glutamic acid decarboxylase and its product (gamma-aminobutyric acid) in neoplastic NE cells juxtaposed next to cohorts of normal gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor expressing secretory cells (a potential route for paracrine interactions between these two epithelial lineages), and (c) aromatic l-amino-acid decarboxylase, but not its dopamine/serotonin products, in CR2-TAg NE cells and NED. |
| T11 |
2184-2295 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These results underscore the value of CR2-TAg mice for characterizing normal NE cell biology and tumorigenesis. |