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ReviewCancer science2019

New era of research on cancer-associated glycosphingolipids.

Koichi Furukawa, Yuhsuke Ohmi, Yuki Ohkawa, Robiul H Bhuiyan, Pu Zhang, Orie Tajima, Noboru Hashimoto, Kazunori Hamamura, Keiko Furukawa

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Review in Cancer science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Koichi FurukawaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-9784
Yuhsuke OhmiDepartment of Medical Technology, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.
Yuki OhkawaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.
Robiul H BhuiyanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.
Pu ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.
Orie TajimaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.
Noboru HashimotoDepartment of Molecular Biochemistry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Kazunori HamamuraDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
Keiko FurukawaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University College of Life and Health Sciences, Kasugai, Japan.

Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 15H04696
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer-associated glycosphingolipids have been used as markers for diagnosis and targets for immunotherapy of malignant tumors. Recent progress in the analysis of their implications in the malignant properties of cancer cells revealed that cancer-associated glycosphingolipids are not only tumor markers, but also functional molecules regulating various signals introduced by membrane microdomains, lipid rafts. In particular, a novel approach, enzyme-mediated activation of radical sources combined with mass spectrometry, has enabled us to clarify the mechanisms by which cancer-associated glycosphingolipids regulate cell signals based on the interaction with membrane molecules and formation of molecular complexes on the cell surface. Novel findings obtained from these approaches are now providing us with insights into the development of new anticancer therapies targeting membrane molecular complexes consisting of cancer-associated glycolipids and their associated membrane molecules. Thus, a new era of cancer-associated glycosphingolipids has now begun.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCell MembraneGlycosphingolipidsHumansMass SpectrometryNeoplasmsSignal TransductionBiomarkers, TumorGlycosphingolipidscancer-associated antigencancer markerclusterenzyme-mediated activation of radical sourcesgangliosideglycosphingolipidlipid raft

Identifiers

PMID30895683
PMCPMC6501054

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