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All of these cell lines have been isolated from patients with advanced prostate carcinomas that have become refractory to androgen deprivation therapy [ 5, 6, 7].
Although it is arguable that our series of patients, not being a representative sample, is unsuitable for evaluation of the frequency of RAD in patients with hypogonadism, we investigated RAD only in those who had not been treated for their hypogonadism, to avoid the possibility that androgen replacement had interfered with the development of RAD [ 30, 31].
In general, expression levels of genes induced or repressed by androgen treatment remained at a constant level between 8 and 72 hours.
Because EGF and its receptor (EGF-R) are involved in prostate cell growth, and their expression can be modulated by androgen and RA [ 18 19 20 ] , we also examined the interaction of T and RA on the expression of EGF-R.
For determination of basal gene-expression profiles without androgen stimulation, fibroblasts were cultured on 150-mm plastic dishes at 37°C with 5% CO 2 . To eliminate possible artifacts due to differing states of proliferation, cells were grown to confluence, at which point they enter G 0 arrest [ 31 ] . They were maintained in phenol-red-free DMEM F12 (Dulbecco's modified Eagle Medium with the nutrient mix F12; Gibco) containing L-glutamine, 15 mM Hepes buffer, penicillin/streptomycin (Gibco) and 12.