... in the development of the epithelial cell phenotype [13]. Its expression is controlled by andro-gens in LNCaP cells [9]. The major circulating andro-gen, testosterone, interacts with the androgen ... tumor cells to evade apoptosis is the upregulation of anti-apopto-tic proteins or the downregulation of pro-apoptoticproteins. Human D53L1, another member of the TPD52 family, interacts with ... and -9), and by the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, cell death occurs due to apopto-sis. The disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential indicates thatTPD52 acts upstream of...