Description
Bicalutimideisaninhibitoroftheandrogenreceptorthatexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticactivity.Withotheranti-androgens,bicalutimidedecreaseslevelsofBcl-2,Bcl-XL,caspase-3,andPARP,inducesapoptosis,andinhibitscellgrowthofprostatecancercells.Insimilaranimalmodels,thiscompounddecreasesplasmaPSAlevelsandsuppressestumorgrowth.Bicalutamidebindstheandrogenreceptorintwosites,distortingcoactivatorbindingandinhibitingtranscription.
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