Glycosylation in cancer: Selected roles in tumour progression, immune modulation and metastasis

JG Rodrigues, M Balmaña, JA Macedo, J Poças… - Cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tumour metastasis is the main cause of cancer related deaths. Metastasis is an intricate
multi-step process that requires the acquisition of several cancer cell features, including the …

Aberrant N-glycosylation in cancer: MGAT5 and β1,6-GlcNAc branched N-glycans as critical regulators of tumor development and progression

M de-Souza-Ferreira, ÉE Ferreira… - Cellular Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Background Changes in protein glycosylation are widely observed in tumor cells. N-glycan
branching through adding β1, 6-linked N-acetylglucosamine (β1, 6-GlcNAc) to an α1, 6 …

Sialylation and fucosylation of epidermal growth factor receptor suppress its dimerization and activation in lung cancer cells

YC Liu, HY Yen, CY Chen, CH Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Protein glycosylation is an important posttranslational process, which regulates protein
folding and functional expression. Studies have shown that abnormal glycosylation in tumor …

Single-cell glycomics analysis by CyTOF-Lec reveals glycan features defining cells differentially susceptible to HIV

T Ma, M McGregor, L Giron, G Xie, AF George… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
High-parameter single-cell phenotyping has enabled in-depth classification and
interrogation of immune cells, but to date has not allowed for glycan characterization. Here …

Exosomal circSPIRE1 mediates glycosylation of E-cadherin to suppress metastasis of renal cell carcinoma

G Shu, X Lu, Y Pan, J Cen, K Huang, M Zhou, J Lu… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Metastasis is the main cause of mortality in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Circular RNAs
(circRNAs) involvement in RCC metastasis has been described, although the underlying …

E-cadherin and adherens-junctions stability in gastric carcinoma: functional implications of glycosyltransferases involving N-glycan branching biosynthesis, N …

SS Pinho, J Figueiredo, J Cabral, S Carvalho… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: E-cadherin is a cell–cell adhesion molecule and the dysfunction of which is
a common feature of more than 70% of all invasive carcinomas, including gastric cancer …

Ripening-induced chemical modifications of papaya pectin inhibit cancer cell proliferation

SBR Prado, GF Ferreira, Y Harazono, TM Shiga… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a fleshy fruit with a rapid pulp softening during ripening.
Ripening events are accompanied by gradual depolymerization of pectic polysaccharides …

The role of N-glycans in colorectal cancer progression: Potential biomarkers and therapeutic applications

JCM de Freitas Junior, JA Morgado-Díaz - Oncotarget, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Changes in glycosylation, which is one of the most common protein post-translational
modifications, are considered to be a hallmark of cancer. N-glycans can modulate cell …

N-glycosylation alters cadherin-mediated intercellular binding kinetics

MD Langer, H Guo, N Shashikanth… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
We present direct evidence that the N-glycosylation state of neural cadherin impacts the
intrinsic kinetics of cadherin-mediated intercellular binding. Micropipette manipulation …

Tunicamycin-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress reduces in vitro subpopulation and invasion of CD44+/CD24-phenotype breast cancer stem cells

B Nami, H Donmez, N Kocak - Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology, 2016 - Elsevier
Tunicamycin is an inhibitor of glycosylation that disturbs protein folding machinery in
eukaryotic cells. Tunicamycin causes accumulation of unfolded proteins in cell endoplasmic …