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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2018

Glycoprotein biomarkers for the detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Esther Llop, Pedro E Guerrero, Adrià Duran, Sílvia Barrabés, Anna Massaguer, María José Ferri, Maite Albiol-Quer, Rafael de Llorens, Rosa Peracaula

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Esther LlopDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
Pedro E GuerreroDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
Adrià DuranDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
Sílvia BarrabésDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
Anna MassaguerDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
María José FerriDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
Maite Albiol-QuerDepartment of Surgery, Hepato-biliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit, University Hospital Dr Josep Trueta, Girona 17007, Spain.
Rafael de LlorensDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
Rosa PeracaulaDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, University of Girona, Girona 17003, Spain.
University of Girona · ESHospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PaC) shows a clear tendency to increase in the next years and therefore represents an important health and social challenge. Currently, there is an important need to find biomarkers for PaC early detection because the existing ones are not useful for that purpose. Recent studies have indicated that there is a large window of time for PaC early detection, which opens the possibility to find early biomarkers that could greatly improve the dismal prognosis of this tumor. The present manuscript reviews the state of the art of the existing PaC biomarkers. It focuses on the anomalous glycosylation process and its role in PaC. Glycan structures of glycoconjugates such as glycoproteins are modified in tumors and these modifications can be detected in biological fluids of the cancer patients. Several studies have found serum glycoproteins with altered glycan chains in PaC patients, but they have not shown enough specificity for PaC. To find more specific cancer glycoproteins we propose to analyze the glycan moieties of a battery of glycoproteins that have been reported to increase in PaC tissues and that can also be found in serum. The combination of these new candidate glycoproteins with their aberrant glycosylation together with the existing biomarkers could result in a panel, which would expect to give better results as a new tool for early diagnosis of PaC and to monitor the disease.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalEarly Detection of CancerGlycoproteinsGlycosylationHumansNeoplasm ProteinsPancreatic NeoplasmsPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorGlycoproteinsNeoplasm ProteinsAberrant glycosylationBiomarkersDiagnosisGlycoproteinsPancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID29962812
PMCPMC6021768
OpenAlexW2811409098

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