PMID- 15327888 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041104 LR - 20161124 IS - 0065-230X (Print) IS - 0065-230X (Linking) VI - 91 DP - 2004 TI - Prostate cancer and the met hepatocyte growth factor receptor. PG - 31-67 AB - The hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) and its receptor, the Met protein tyrosine kinase, form a classic ligand-receptor system for epithelial-mesenchymal communications in the normal and cancerous prostate. This review illustrates the expression and activities of HGF/SF and Met during prostate development, homeostasis, and carcinogenesis. The participation of HGF/SF in the morphogenetic program of rodent prostate development, the role of Met in normal human prostate epithelium, and underlying mechanisms of deregulated Met expression in localized and metastatic prostate cancer are discussed. On the basis of the commonly observed overexpression of Met in metastatic prostate cancer, HGF/SF-Met-targeted imaging and therapeutic agents can now be applied toward diagnosis and treatment. FAU - Knudsen, Beatrice S AU - Knudsen BS AD - Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98125, USA. FAU - Edlund, Magnus AU - Edlund M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Adv Cancer Res JT - Advances in cancer research JID - 0370416 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Proteoglycans) RN - 0 (Receptors, Androgen) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Adult MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Dogs MH - Drug Design MH - Epithelial Cells/metabolism/pathology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Neoplasm Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Proteoglycans/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Radionuclide Imaging MH - Receptors, Androgen/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Stromal Cells/metabolism/pathology RF - 240 EDAT- 2004/08/26 05:00 MHDA- 2004/11/05 09:00 CRDT- 2004/08/26 05:00 PHST- 2004/08/26 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/11/05 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/08/26 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0065230X04910020 [pii] AID - 10.1016/S0065-230X(04)91002-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Cancer Res. 2004;91:31-67. doi: 10.1016/S0065-230X(04)91002-0.