The evasion mechanisms of cancer immunity and drug intervention in the tumor microenvironment

SK Kim, SW Cho - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recently, in the field of cancer treatment, the paradigm has changed to immunotherapy that
activates the immune system to induce cancer attacks. Among them, immune checkpoint …

Immune checkpoint signaling and cancer immunotherapy

X He, C Xu - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy has become a major weapon in fighting cancer.
Antibody drugs, such as anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1, demonstrate obvious advantages such …

Insights into the role of sialylation in cancer progression and metastasis

C Dobie, D Skropeta - British Journal of Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Upregulation of sialyltransferases—the enzymes responsible for the addition of sialic acid to
growing glycoconjugate chains—and the resultant hypersialylation of up to 40–60% of …

Mass spectrometry-based techniques to elucidate the sugar code

M Grabarics, M Lettow, C Kirschbaum, K Greis… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cells encode information in the sequence of biopolymers, such as nucleic acids, proteins,
and glycans. Although glycans are essential to all living organisms, surprisingly little is …

Pathological implication of protein post-translational modifications in cancer

S Pan, R Chen - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) profoundly influence protein functions and
play crucial roles in essentially all cell biological processes. The diverse realm of PTMs and …

Dectin-1 signaling update: new perspectives for trained immunity

P Mata-Martínez, M Bergón-Gutiérrez… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The C-type lectin receptor Dectin-1 was originally described as the β-glucan receptor
expressed in myeloid cells, with crucial functions in antifungal responses. However, over …

Role of galectin 3 binding protein in cancer progression: a potential novel therapeutic target

E Capone, S Iacobelli, G Sala - Journal of translational medicine, 2021 - Springer
The lectin galactoside-binding soluble 3 binding protein (LGALS3BP) is a secreted,
hyperglycosylated protein expressed by the majority of human cells. It was first identified as …

The impact of PD-L1 N-linked glycosylation on cancer therapy and clinical diagnosis

YN Wang, HH Lee, JL Hsu, D Yu, MC Hung - Journal of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
N-linked glycosylation is one of the most abundant posttranslational modifications of
membrane-bound proteins in eukaryotes and affects a number of biological activities …

Glycosylation of cancer extracellular vesicles: capture strategies, functional roles and potential clinical applications

ÁM Martins, CC Ramos, D Freitas, CA Reis - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glycans are major constituents of extracellular vesicles (EVs). Alterations in the
glycosylation pathway are a common feature of cancer cells, which gives rise to de novo or …

Molecularly imprinted polymers in biological applications

Z El-Schich, Y Zhang, M Feith, S Beyer, L Sternbæk… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are currently widely used and further developed for
biological applications. The MIP synthesis procedure is a key process, and a wide variety of …