PTEN and prostate cancer: In addition, miRNA regulatory genes during stage-specific prostate cancer progression suggest the involvement of p53, EGFR-PI3K-Akt, IGF, interleukins, TGFB, VEGF, JAK/STAT, Wnt signaling and their effectors as the most critical genes in prostate cancer via upregulation of growth factor receptors, specifically EGFR, or through PTEN inactivation (Fig 7).