title: [Updated application of prostate-specific membrane antigen to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer].
abstract: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), the research of which has flourished in recent years, is a specific prostate cancer marker. PSMA plays a more and more important role in the early diagnosis, gene treatment and prognosis of the disease course of prostate cancer. This review focuses on the progress in researches of the structure, function, expression traits and gene expression of the PSMA protein, prostate cancer radioimmunoimaging, DNA vaccines and suicide gene therapy based on PSMA, as well as the role of PSMA in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China. qinglaitang@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Qing-Lai
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Mao-Yin
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D043425:Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C473848:FOLH1 protein, human; D043425:Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen