openalexFrontiers in Oncology2026-07-24
Enzalutamide promotes an early plasticity-associated transcriptional state without terminal neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer cells
R K Watanabe, Mami Chosei, Haruna Arai, Noriyoshi Miura, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takashi Saika
Introduction Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an aggressive treatment-associated lineage state emerging with potent androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibition. Although treatment-emergent NEPC is increasingly recognized, the transcriptional consequences of sustained AR sup…