Determining the Role of CDK12 in Driving Prostate Cancer Initiation, Progression, and Responses to Therapeutics

Abstract

CDK12 is inactivated in 6.9% of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; however, the functional and clinical significance of this event is not clear. In this grant we are investigating the role and mechanisms of Cdk12 in prostate cancer using tissue specific gene targeting in mice. During the reporting period we performed all the studies that were originally planned for the first year. We generated mice with prostate-specific inactivation of Cdk12 with and without overexpression of MYC and presently expanding and analyzing these mutant mice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1106987

Entities

People

  • Valeri Vasioukhin

Organizations

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Androgen Receptors
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breeding
  • Cancer
  • Castration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Genetics
  • Genome
  • Genotypes
  • Inhibitors
  • Maintenance
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Therapy
  • Tissues

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.