METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROSTATE EPITHELIAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION

摘要

Methods and compositions for treating prostate cancer by promoting prostate epithelial cell differentiation are described. Treatment methods involve administration of an active form of prostate-derived factor (PDF), or of an inactive PDF precursor, or of a combination of a proprotein convertase (PC) with a PDF precursor, to increase the biological activity of PDF in the subject and promote prostate epithelial cell differentiation.