Roles of Cell Cycle Regulators [p53, Cathepsin-D and Bax] in Prognostic Determination of Prostate Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Ogundele M Olalekan^1*, Ajonijebu D Chris², Falode D Tolulope³, Enye L Anderson¹, Adegun T Patrick⁴, Taiwo OJ⁵, Agbaje M Adedoyin⁶ and Laoye J Babafemi⁷

¹Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

²Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

³Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

⁴Department of Urology and Oncology, University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

⁵Department of Histopathology, University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

⁶Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

⁷Department of Human Biology, College of Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria