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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2009

Glycosylation diseases: quo vadis?

Harry Schachter, Hudson H Freeze

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In one paragraph

Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Altered glycosylation in cancer: A promising target for biomarkers and therapeutics.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Harry SchachterMolecular Structure and Function Program, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8. harry@sickkids.ca
Hudson H Freeze
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Carbohydrate Deficient Glycoprotein Syndromes: Models and TherapyR01DK055615 · NIDDK · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI FREEZE, HUDSON H. · 1999 to 2013
$4.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055615NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK55615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

About 250 to 500 glycogenes (genes that are directly involved in glycan assembly) are in the human genome representing about 1-2% of the total genome. Over 40 human congenital diseases associated with glycogene mutations have been described to date. It is almost certain that the causative glycogene mutations for many more congenital diseases remain to be discovered. Some glycogenes are involved in the synthesis of only a specific protein and/or a specific class of glycan whereas others play a role in the biosynthesis of more than one glycan class. Mutations in the latter type of glycogene result in complex clinical phenotypes that present difficult diagnostic problems to the clinician. In order to understand in biochemical terms the clinical signs and symptoms of a patient with a glycogene mutation, one must understand how the glycogene works. That requires, first of all, determination of the target protein or proteins of the glycogene followed by an understanding of the role, if any, of the glycogene-dependent glycan in the functions of the protein. Many glycogenes act on thousands of glycoproteins. There are unfortunately no general methods to identify all the potentially large number of glycogene target proteins and which of these proteins are responsible for the mutant phenotypes. Whereas biochemical methods have been highly successful in the discovery of glycogenes responsible for many congenital diseases, it has more recently been necessary to use other methods such as homozygosity mapping. Accurate diagnosis of many recently discovered diseases has become difficult and new diagnostic procedures must be developed. Last but not least is the lack of effective treatment for most of these children and of animal models that can be used to test new therapies.

Indexed as

GlycosylationCarbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsCongenital Disorders of GlycosylationFucosyltransferasesHumansN-AcetylglucosaminyltransferasesFucosyltransferasesN-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID19061954
PMCPMC3927646
OpenAlexW2096557906

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