title: Linking inflammation and neuroendocrine differentiation: the role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor-mediated signaling in prostate cancer.
abstract: A new paper by Tawadros et al. in Endocrine-Related Cancer demonstrates a link between macrophage migration inhibitory factor and neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer. This paper may have implications in explaining the effect of prostatitis and chronic inflammation on the development of aggressive prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, USA.
authors.forename: Rosalinda M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Savoy
authors.forename: Paramita M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ghosh
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006801:Humans; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D055099:Neuroendocrine Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors; D019746:Intramolecular Oxidoreductases
keywords: inflammation; macrophage migration inhibitory factor; neuroendocrine differentiation; prostate cancer; prostatitis