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ArticleMetabolites2012

Tumor-associated glycans and their role in gynecological cancers: accelerating translational research by novel high-throughput approaches.

Tatiana Pochechueva, Francis Jacob, Andre Fedier, Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz

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Article in Metabolites, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Tatiana PochechuevaGynecological Research Group, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. tatiana.pochechueva@gmail.com.
Francis JacobGynecological Research Group, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Andre FedierGynecological Research Group, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
Viola Heinzelmann-SchwarzGynecological Research Group, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycans are important partners in many biological processes, including carcinogenesis. The rapidly developing field of functional glycomics becomes one of the frontiers of biology and biomedicine. Aberrant glycosylation of proteins and lipids occurs commonly during malignant transformation and leads to the expression of specific tumor-associated glycans. The appearance of aberrant glycans on carcinoma cells is typically associated with grade, invasion, metastasis and overall poor prognosis. Cancer-associated carbohydrates are mostly located on the surface of cancer cells and are therefore potential diagnostic biomarkers. Currently, there is increasing interest in cancer-associated aberrant glycosylation, with growing numbers of characteristic cancer targets being detected every day. Breast and ovarian cancer are the most common and lethal malignancies in women, respectively, and potential glycan biomarkers hold promise for early detection and targeted therapies. However, the acceleration of research and comprehensive multi-target investigation of cancer-specific glycans could only be successfully achieved with the help of a combination of novel high-throughput glycomic approaches.

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PMCPMC3901231

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