Aberrant protein glycosylation in cancer: implications in targeted therapy

JG Rodrigues, HO Duarte, CA Reis… - Biochemical Society …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Aberrant cell surface glycosylation signatures are currently known to actively drive the
neoplastic transformation of healthy cells. By disrupting the homeostatic functions of their …

[HTML][HTML] Glycosylation in the era of cancer-targeted therapy: where are we heading?

S Mereiter, M Balmaña, D Campos, J Gomes, CA Reis - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
This review provides insights on the impact of glycosylation in cancer biology and its
influence in the current approaches of targeted cancer therapies in the clinical setting. The …

[HTML][HTML] Protein glycosylation and tumor microenvironment alterations driving cancer hallmarks

A Peixoto, M Relvas-Santos, R Azevedo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Decades of research have disclosed a plethora of alterations in protein glycosylation that
decisively impact in all stages of disease and ultimately contribute to more aggressive cell …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting glycosylation: a new road for cancer drug discovery

AF Costa, D Campos, CA Reis, C Gomes - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer is a deadly disease that encompasses numerous cellular modifications. Among
them, alterations in glycosylation are a proven reliable hallmark of cancer, with most …

[HTML][HTML] Hallmarks of glycosylation in cancer

J Munkley, DJ Elliott - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aberrant glycosylation plays a fundamental role in key pathological steps of tumour
development and progression. Glycans have roles in cancer cell signalling, tumour cell …

Altered glycosylation in cancer: A promising target for biomarkers and therapeutics

D Thomas, AK Rathinavel, P Radhakrishnan - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is a well-regulated cell and microenvironment specific post-translational
modification. Several glycosyltransferases and glycosidases orchestrate the addition of …

Glycosylation in cancer: mechanisms and clinical implications

SS Pinho, CA Reis - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Despite recent progress in understanding the cancer genome, there is still a relative delay in
understanding the full aspects of the glycome and glycoproteome of cancer. Glycobiology …

[HTML][HTML] The sweet side of immune evasion: role of glycans in the mechanisms of cancer progression

AFFR Nardy, L Freire-de-Lima… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Glycans are part of the essential components of a cell. These compounds play a
fundamental role in several physiopathological processes, including cell differentiation …

Protein glycosylation in gastric and colorectal cancers: Toward cancer detection and targeted therapeutics

JA Ferreira, A Magalhaes, J Gomes, A Peixoto… - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is the most frequent and structurally complex posttranslational modification in
cell-surface and secreted proteins. Glycans are major orchestrators of biological processes …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of glycosylation at the cancer cell surface: opportunities for large scale glycoproteomics

T Čaval, F Alisson-Silva, F Schwarz - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cell surface glycosylation has a variety of functions, and its dysregulation in cancer
contributes to impaired signaling, metastasis and the evasion of the immune responses …