Krzastek, Sarah C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3791-0660
Goliadze, Ekaterine
Zhou, Shaoqing
Petrossian, Albert
Youniss, Fatma
Sundaresan, Gobalakrishnan
Wang, Li
Zweit, Jamal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-2652
Guruli, Georgi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-5220
Funding for this research was provided by:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Surgery
Article History
Received: 23 December 2017
Accepted: 13 June 2018
First Online: 25 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All protocols used in this study were approved by the VCU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) (Approved VCU IACUC protocol # AD10000310). Animals were maintained at the Central Animal Facility at the Virginia Commonwealth University according to standard guidelines.
: Male C57BL/6 mice 6–8 weeks old were obtained from Taconic Farms (Germantown, NY, USA).
: RM-1 cell line is an androgen-independent murine prostate cancer cell line. This model was generated by transduction of cells with the ras and myc oncogenes, yielding a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma.