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Drosophila Accessory Gland: A Complementary In Vivo Model to Bring New Insight to Prostate Cancer

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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in aging men. Despite recent progress, there are still few effective treatments to cure its aggressive and metastatic stages. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms driving disease initiation and progression appears essential to support the development of more efficient therapies and improve patient care. To do so, multiple research models, such as cell culture and mouse models, have been developed over the years and have improved our comprehension of the biology of the disease. Recently, a new model has been added with the use of the Drosophila accessory gland. With a high level of conservation of major signaling pathways implicated in human disease, this functional equivalent of the prostate represents a powerful, inexpensive, and rapid in vivo model to study epithelial carcinogenesis. The purpose of this review is to quickly overview the existing prostate cancer models, including their strengths and limitations. In particular, we discuss how the Drosophila accessory gland can be integrated as a convenient complementary model by bringing new understanding in the mechanisms driving prostate epithelial tumorigenesis, from initiation to metastatic formation.

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hal-03949640 , version 1 (20-01-2023)

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Amandine Rambur, Marine Vialat, Claude Beaudoin, Corinne Lours-Calet, Jean-Marc Lobaccaro, et al.. Drosophila Accessory Gland: A Complementary In Vivo Model to Bring New Insight to Prostate Cancer. Cells, 2021, 10 (9), pp.2387. ⟨10.3390/cells10092387⟩. ⟨hal-03949640⟩
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