Description
ABIrateroneisananticancerchemotherapeuticcompoundthatisusedtotreatcastration-resistantprostatecancer.AbiratoneinhibitstheenzymeCytochromep45017α-hydroxylase(Cyp17),reducingandrogenproduction.ThiscompoundmayalsodirectlydecreaselevelsofandrogenreceptorproteinexpressionandinhibiteIF4Fsignaling.
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