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Glycan Node Analysis: A Bottom-up Approach to Glycomics
Published on: May 22, 2016
Alterations in glycosylation as biomarkers for cancer detection
Celso A Reis1, Hugo Osorio, Luisa Silva
1Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto - IPATIMUP, Porto 4200-465, Portugal. celsor@ipatimup.pt
Abstract:
Glycoconjugates constitute a major class of biomolecules which include glycoproteins, glycosphingolipids and proteoglycans. Glycans are involved in several physiological and pathological conditions, such as host-pathogen interactions, cell differentiation, migration, tumour invasion and metastisation, cell trafficking and signalling. Cancer is associated with glycosylation alterations in glycoproteins and glycolipids. This review describes various aspects of protein glycosylation with the focus on alterations associated with human cancer. The application of these glycosylation modifications as biomarkers for cancer detection in tumour tissues and serological assays is summarised.
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