title: HMGB1: A Promising Therapeutic Target for Prostate Cancer.
abstract: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) was originally discovered as a chromatin-binding protein several decades ago. It is now increasingly evident that HMGB1 plays a major role in several disease conditions such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, arthritis, sepsis, and cancer. It is intriguing how deregulation of HMGB1 can result in a myriad of disease conditions. Interestingly, HMGB1 is involved in cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and metastasis during cancer progression. Furthermore, HMGB1 has been demonstrated to exert intracellular and extracellular functions, activating key oncogenic signaling pathways. This paper focuses on the role of HMGB1 in prostate cancer development and highlights the potential of HMGB1 to serve as a key target for prostate cancer treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107, USA.
authors.forename: Munirathinam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gnanasekar
authors.forename: Ramaswamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalyanasundaram
authors.forename: Guoxing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Aoshuang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Maarten C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bosland
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kajdacsy-Balla