The rising incidence rate of the cancer in the prostate gland has increased the demand for improved diagnostic, imaging, and therapeutic approaches. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), with folate hydrolase and carboxypeptidase and, internalization activities, is highly expressed in the epithelial cells of the prostate gland and is strongly upregulated in prostatic adenocarcinoma, with elevated expression correlating with, metastasis, progression, and androgen independence. Recently, PSMA has been an active target of investigation by several approaches, including the successful utilization of small molecule inhibitors, RNA aptamer conjugates, PSMA-based immunotherapy, and PSMA-targeted prodrug therapy. Future investigations of PSMA in prostate cancer (PCa) should focus in particular on its intracellular activities and functions. The objective of this contribution is to review the current role of PSMA as a marker for PCa diagnosis, imaging, and therapy.

Cimadamore A., Cheng M., Santoni M., Lopez-Beltran A., Battelli N., Massari F., et al. (2018). New prostate cancer targets for diagnosis, imaging, and therapy: Focus on prostate-specific membrane antigen. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, 8, 1-11 [10.3389/fonc.2018.00653].

New prostate cancer targets for diagnosis, imaging, and therapy: Focus on prostate-specific membrane antigen

Cimadamore A.
;
Massari F.;
2018

Abstract

The rising incidence rate of the cancer in the prostate gland has increased the demand for improved diagnostic, imaging, and therapeutic approaches. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), with folate hydrolase and carboxypeptidase and, internalization activities, is highly expressed in the epithelial cells of the prostate gland and is strongly upregulated in prostatic adenocarcinoma, with elevated expression correlating with, metastasis, progression, and androgen independence. Recently, PSMA has been an active target of investigation by several approaches, including the successful utilization of small molecule inhibitors, RNA aptamer conjugates, PSMA-based immunotherapy, and PSMA-targeted prodrug therapy. Future investigations of PSMA in prostate cancer (PCa) should focus in particular on its intracellular activities and functions. The objective of this contribution is to review the current role of PSMA as a marker for PCa diagnosis, imaging, and therapy.
2018
Cimadamore A., Cheng M., Santoni M., Lopez-Beltran A., Battelli N., Massari F., et al. (2018). New prostate cancer targets for diagnosis, imaging, and therapy: Focus on prostate-specific membrane antigen. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, 8, 1-11 [10.3389/fonc.2018.00653].
Cimadamore A.; Cheng M.; Santoni M.; Lopez-Beltran A.; Battelli N.; Massari F.; Galosi A.B.; Scarpelli M.; Montironi R.
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