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. 2020 Jul 13;12(7):1887. doi: 10.3390/cancers12071887
List of Abbreviations: Full Name:
α-SMA α- smooth muscle actin
ADT Androgen-deprivation therapy
AR Androgen Receptor
ASPN Asporin
BCR Biochemical recurrence
BM Bone metastasis
BMPs Bone morphogenetic proteins
BPH Benign prostatic hyperplasia
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CD Cluster of designation antigens
CRPC Castration-resistant prostate cancer
CXCL Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand
CXCR Chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor
ECM Extracellular matrix
EMT Epithelial to mesenchymal transition
EVs Extracellular vesicles
FAP Fibroblast activation protein
FGFs Fibroblast growth factors
FSP-1 (also known as S100A4) Fibroblast-specific protein-1
GDF15 Growth differentiation factor 15
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
HSCs Hematopoietic stem cells
IGFs Insulin-like growth factors
ILs Interleukins
MFBs Myofibroblasts
MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases
OB-BMST Osteoblastic bone metastasis-associated stroma transcriptome
PCa Prostate cancer
PDGFR Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
PIA Proliferative inflammatory atrophy
PIN Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
POSTN Periostin
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
ROS Reactive-oxygen species
TGF-β Transforming growth factor -β
TGFβRII TGF-β receptor type II
TIMPs Tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases
TME Tumor microenvironment
TNC Tenascin C
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor