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ReviewBiomarker research2023

Lectins as potential tools for cancer biomarker discovery from extracellular vesicles.

Md Khirul Islam, Misba Khan, Kamlesh Gidwani, Kenneth W Witwer, Urpo Lamminmäki, Janne Leivo

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Review in Biomarker research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Antitumor effects of a lectin purified fromFrontiers in oncology · 2026
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  15. Structural Analysis and Characterization of an Antiproliferative Lectin fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Md Khirul IslamDepartment of Life Technologies, Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20014, Turku, Finland. mdKhis@utu.fi.
Misba KhanDepartment of Life Technologies, Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20014, Turku, Finland.
Kamlesh GidwaniDepartment of Life Technologies, Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20014, Turku, Finland.
Kenneth W WitwerDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Urpo LamminmäkiDepartment of Life Technologies, Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20014, Turku, Finland.
Janne LeivoDepartment of Life Technologies, Division of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20014, Turku, Finland.
University of Turku · FIJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have considerable potential as diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic agents, in large part because molecular patterns on the EV surface betray the cell of origin and may also be used to "target" EVs to specific cells. Cancer is associated with alterations to cellular and EV glycosylation patterns, and the surface of EVs is enriched with glycan moieties. Glycoconjugates of EVs play versatile roles in cancer including modulating immune response, affecting tumor cell behavior and site of metastasis and as such, paving the way for the development of innovative diagnostic tools and novel therapies. Entities that recognize specific glycans, such as lectins, may thus be powerful tools to discover and detect novel cancer biomarkers. Indeed, the past decade has seen a constant increase in the number of published articles on lectin-based strategies for the detection of EV glycans. This review explores the roles of EV glycosylation in cancer and cancer-related applications. Furthermore, this review summarizes the potential of lectins and lectin-based methods for screening, targeting, separation, and possible identification of improved biomarkers from the surface of EVs.

Indexed as

Cancer biomarkerExtracellular vesiclesGlycanGlycosylationLectinLectin assay

Identifiers

PMID37773167
PMCPMC10540341
OpenAlexW4387171998

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