ArticleGlycoconjugate journal2020
High FUT3 expression is a marker of lower overall survival of breast cancer patients.
Article in Glycoconjugate journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genome-wide association studies in a large Korean cohort identify quantitative trait loci for 36 traits and illuminate their genetic architectures.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Integrated multi-omics, machine learning, network toxicology, and molecular docking reveal potential mechanisms underlying methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate-associated breast cancer.Molecular diversity · 2026Article
- Fucosyltransferases in asthma: regulators of epithelial dysfunction, senescence, and airway inflammation.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2026Review
- Robust graph structure learning to improve multi-omics cancer subtype classification.BMC bioinformatics · 2026Article
- FUT3 mediated GRP78 fucosylation promotes colorectal cancer survival and proliferation under glucose restriction via PERK/ATF4/STC2 axis.NPJ precision oncology · 2025Article
- FUT3-B3GNT3 interaction promotes pancreatic cancer progression and chemoresistance via NF-κB signaling mediated autophagy.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Structure, function, and implications of fucosyltransferases in health and disease.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Glycosylation: mechanisms, biological functions and clinical implications.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- (Sialyl)Lewis Antigen Expression on Glycosphingolipids, N-, and O-Glycans in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines is Linked to a Colon-Like Differentiation Program.Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2024Article
- Exploring the diverse biological significance and roles of fucosylated oligosaccharides.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Review
- Role of tumor cell sialylation in pancreatic cancer progression.Advances in cancer research · 2023Review
- Glycosylation as a regulator of site-specific metastasis.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2022Review
- O-linked α2,3 sialylation defines stem cell populations in breast cancer.Science advances · 2022Article
- Fucosylation in Urological Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Novel approaches to target the microenvironment of bone metastasis.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2021Review
- Altered glycosylation in cancer: A promising target for biomarkers and therapeutics.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The complex enzyme network responsible for glycan synthesis suffers significant changes during the first steps of tumor development, leading to the early formation of tumor-associated glycan signatures. Among the glycosylation pathways, changes in fucosylation emerged as one of most important features in cancer. Αlpha-1,3/4-fucosyltransferase (FUT3) has been linked to pro-tumor and anti-tumor pathways depending on the cancer type. The present study aimed to understand the gene and protein expression profiles of FUT3 in three different and independent cohorts composed by invasive breast cancer patients: Local Brazilian population, METABRIC and TCGA. FUT3 transcripts and protein were measured in the Brazilian population by real-time PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Clinical records and FUT3 levels from public METABRIC and TCGA cohorts were accessed through CBioPortal database. FUT3 expression was analyzed in each cohort using the appropriated statistic tools. Survival meta-analysis in triple negative patients was performed using five independent cohorts including GSE41119, GSE47994 and GSE86945, data obtained from GEO repository available at NCBI database, and METABRIC and TCGA. Our analysis showed that high FUT3 levels were consistently associated to reduced invasive breast cancer patients overall survival. This finding is particularly significant in triple negative patients. These results together with the previously knowledge regarding the involvement of FUT3 in pro-tumor and anti-tumor mechanisms led us to purpose a model for FUT3 expression regulation throughout breast cancer establishment and progression.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.