“antagonista de ccr5, método para determinar se um indivíduo humano tendo câncer de próstata está sofrendo de ou sob o risco de desenvolver metástase, para identificar um composto candidato, para produzir in vitro células epiteliais primárias, para diagnosticar câncer de próstata, para selecionar um tratamento para um indivíduo tendo um câncer/tumor de próstata, linhagem de célula, e, modelo animal”

摘要

The present disclosure, in part, is directed to a mammalian prostate cancer cell line comprising at least one or a set of primary mammalian epithelial cells which have been infected with a retroviral vector carrying an oncogene selected from the group consisting of c-Myc, Ha-Ras, NeuT, c-Src and combinations thereof and in which said gene is expressed. Applications of the pro-state cell lines, including immune competent animal models of prostate cancer, a method for the in vitro production of immortalized primary mammalian epithelial cells, a method of determining whether a human subject having prostate cancer is suffering from or at risk for developing metastasis, a method of preventing cancer or inhibiting metastasis of cancer susceptible to treatment in a subject at risk for developing cancer or metastasis of cancer, and method of identifying a candidate compound that selectively interferes with proliferation or viability of a cancer cell that has elevated levels of CCR5 and/or of at least one of its ligands.