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ReviewAdvances in cancer research2015

Simple sugars to complex disease--mucin-type O-glycans in cancer.

Matthew R Kudelka, Tongzhong Ju, Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro, Richard D Cummings

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Review in Advances in cancer research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers.

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143citing papers in PubMed
27.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

143 citing papers in PubMed, 263 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew R KudelkaDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Tongzhong JuDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jamie Heimburg-MolinaroDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Richard D CummingsDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Electronic address: rdcummi@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008169 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GROSS, ROBERT E · 1987 to 2021
$20.3M
THE TUMOR ANTIGENS TN AND SIALYLTN IN HUMAN COLORECTAL CARCINOMAU01CA168930 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D, SMITH, DAVID FLETCHER · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA168930NCI NIH HHS U01CA168930NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008169
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucin-type O-glycans are a class of glycans initiated with N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) α-linked primarily to Ser/Thr residues within glycoproteins and often extended or branched by sugars or saccharides. Most secretory and membrane-bound proteins receive this modification, which is important in regulating many biological processes. Alterations in mucin-type O-glycans have been described across tumor types and include expression of relatively small-sized, truncated O-glycans and altered terminal structures, both of which are associated with patient prognosis. New discoveries in the identity and expression of tumor-associated O-glycans are providing new avenues for tumor detection and treatment. This chapter describes mucin-type O-glycan biosynthesis, altered mucin-type O-glycans in primary tumors, including mechanisms for structural changes and contributions to the tumor phenotype, and clinical approaches to detect and target altered O-glycans for cancer treatment and management.

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AnimalsDisease ProgressionGlycosylationHumansNeoplasmsPolysaccharidesPolysaccharidesBlood groupCancerCarbohydrateGalNAcGlycanGlycosylationGolgiMucinTnTumor

Identifiers

PMID25727146
PMCPMC5812724
OpenAlexW197316820

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