Vitamin D Deficiency Leads to Increased Intraprostatic Hormones in African American Men
Abstract
Our most significant finding for this project is the profound defect in prostate hormone levels in megalin knockout mice. This ties in with our prior finding that vitamin D regulates megalin, demonstrating a link between vitamin D a prostate hormones for the first time. We have also focused in HSD17B7 as a key gene differentially expressed by African Ancestry.HSD17B7 is a key enzyme for estrogen metabolism and we found that it is higher in AA prostate stroma on a TMA. Further, HSD17B7 expression is increased by estrogen and androgen inpatient-derived stromal cells, validating the microarray data. There is one paper in revision and another in preparation from this work.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1212980
Entities
People
- Larisa Nonn
Organizations
- University of Illinois at Chicago