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ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2011

The Tn antigen-structural simplicity and biological complexity.

Tongzhong Ju, Vivianne I Otto, Richard D Cummings

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Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 193 papers.

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193citing papers in PubMed
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

193 citing papers in PubMed, 353 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. C1GALT1C1-Associated Mosaic Disorder of Glycosylation in a Female.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tongzhong JuDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Suite 4001, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Vivianne I Otto
Richard D Cummings
Emory University · USETH Zurich · CH

Funding

Genetic Basis of Non-Familial IgA NephropathyR01DK080876 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JU, TONGZHONG · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
Cosmc - A Novel Molecular Chaperone Regulating O-GlycansR01GM068559 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D · 2005 to 2009
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK080876NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068559PHS HHS R01K80876
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycoproteins in animal cells contain a variety of glycan structures that are added co- and/or posttranslationally to proteins. Of over 20 different types of sugar-amino acid linkages known, the two major types are N-glycans (Asn-linked) and O-glycans (Ser/Thr-linked). An abnormal mucin-type O-glycan whose expression is associated with cancer and several human disorders is the Tn antigen. It has a relatively simple structure composed of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine with a glycosidic α linkage to serine/threonine residues in glycoproteins (GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr), and was one of the first glycoconjugates to be chemically synthesized. The Tn antigen is normally modified by a specific galactosyltransferase (T-synthase) in the Golgi apparatus of cells. Expression of active T-synthase is uniquely dependent on the molecular chaperone Cosmc, which is encoded by a gene on the X chromosome. Expression of the Tn antigen can arise as a consequence of mutations in the genes for T-synthase or Cosmc, or genes affecting other steps of O-glycosylation pathways. Because of the association of the Tn antigen with disease, there is much interest in the development of Tn-based vaccines and other therapeutic approaches based on Tn expression.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, Tumor-Associated, CarbohydrateGalactosyltransferasesGlomerulonephritis, IGAHumansMiceMolecular ChaperonesNeoplasmsPolysaccharidesAntigens, Tumor-Associated, CarbohydrateGalactosyltransferasesMolecular ChaperonesPolysaccharidesTn antigen

Identifiers

PMID21259410
PMCPMC7159538
OpenAlexW2134076611

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