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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Vincent C. O. Njar, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Puranik Purushottamachar, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Nonsteroid and steroid compounds that cause down-regulation of the androgen receptor (AR), both full length and splice variant, induce apoptosis and inhibit proliferation of inhibiting proliferation and migration of androgen sensitive cancer cells. The steroid compounds and nonsteroid compounds may be agents for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, including prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), Kennedy's disease, androgenetic alopecia, breast cancer, androgen-insensitive syndrome, and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.