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ReviewJournal of molecular biology2016

O-GlcNAcylation in Cancer Biology: Linking Metabolism and Signaling.

Christina M Ferrer, Valerie L Sodi, Mauricio J Reginato

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Review in Journal of molecular biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers.

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166citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

166 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Radiosynthesis and evaluation of a carbon-11 labeled PET ligand for imaging of O-GlcNAcase.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christina M FerrerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Valerie L SodiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Mauricio J ReginatoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA. Electronic address: Mauricio.Reginato@drexelmed.edu.

Funding

Role of nutrient sensor O-GlcNAc transferase in regulating cancerR01CA155413 · NCI · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI REGINATO, MAURICIO J. · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Understanding role of O-GlcNAcylation on cancer cell metabolism and survivalF31CA183574 · NCI · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI FERRER, CHRISTINA · 2013 to 2015
$124k
Understanding the role of O-GlcNAcylation in regulating cancer lipid metabolismF31CA192868 · NCI · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI SALVATICO, VALERIE SODI · 2015 to 2016
$72k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA183574NCI NIH HHS F31 CA192868NCI NIH HHS R01 CA155413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) is highly dependent on multiple metabolic nutrients including glucose, glutamine, and acetyl-CoA. Increased flux through HBP leads to elevated post-translational addition of β-D-N-acetylglucosamine sugars to nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Increased total O-GlcNAcylation is emerging as a general characteristic of cancer cells, and recent studies suggest that O-GlcNAcylation is a central communicator of nutritional status to control key signaling and metabolic pathways that regulate multiple cancer cell phenotypes. This review summarizes our current understanding of changes of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes in cancer, the role of O-GlcNAcylation in tumorigenesis, and the current challenges in targeting this pathway therapeutically.

Indexed as

GlycosylationAnimalsBiosynthetic PathwaysCarcinogenesisHumansMetabolic Networks and PathwaysNeoplasmsSignal TransductioncancerglycosylationO-GlcNAcylationOGTsignaling

Identifiers

PMID27343361
PMCPMC4983259

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