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Nature Medicine 9, 1265-1266 (1 October 2003) | doi:10.1038/nm928;

Genetic deficiency in Pparg does not alter development of experimental prostate cancer

Enrique Saez , Peter Olson & Ronald M Evans

The role of the nuclear peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor (PPAR)-γ in cancer has been a subject of debate. The identification of loss-of-function mutations in PPARG in colon and prostate tumors has led to the idea that this gene may function as a tumor suppressor.

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