Transcriptome differences in prostate cancer highlight racial disparities and vitamin D

(Medical University of South Carolina) Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center report clinical research showing that African-American and European-American men with prostate cancer exhibit significantly different expression of genes associated with immune response and inflammation, in the July 2016 issue ofPharmacogenomics. Systems-level, RNA analyses support the concept that inflammatory processes may contribute to racial disparities in d