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ReviewTrends in cell biology2025

Sugar symphony: glycosylation in cancer metabolism and stemness.

Venkatesh Varadharaj, Wyatt Petersen, Surinder K Batra, Moorthy P Ponnusamy

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Intracellular Delivery of Hydrophilic Glycans Using Superchaotropic Clusters.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Venkatesh VaradharajDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Wyatt PetersenFred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha, NE, USA.
Surinder K BatraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha, NE, USA. Electronic address: sbatra@unmc.edu.
Moorthy P PonnusamyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha, NE, USA. Electronic address: mpalanim@unmc.edu.

Funding

Pancreatic Cancer Detection ConsortiumU01CA210240 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Michael A. Hollingsworth · 2017 to 2026
$12.9M
Validation of biomarkers for risk prediction and early diagnosis of Pancreatic AdenocarcinomaU01CA200466 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Surinder K. Batra, Randall Brand · 2016 to 2026
$11.3M
Project 3: MUC16-Mediated Metabolic Reprograming Induces PC MetastasisP01CA217798 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI THAYER, SARAH P · 2018 to 2022
$8.1M
Truncated O-glycan-dependent mechanisms inducing metastatic dissemination in pancreatic cancerR01CA273349 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., PONNUSAMY, MOORTHY P. · 2022 to 2025
$2.7M
Molecular Imaging Probe(s) for Optical Surgical Navigation of Pancreatic CancerR01CA256973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Surinder K. Batra, Michael Bouvet · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
Connectivity mapping identified novel combination therapy for glioblastomaR01CA273319 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., SHONKA, NICOLE · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Novel Therapy to Inhibit IPMN ProgressionR01CA263575 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., MALAFA, MOKENGE P. · 2022 to 2024
$2.1M
Role of PD2/Paf1 in Pancreatic Acinar to Ductal MetaplasiaR01CA210637 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., PONNUSAMY, MOORTHY P. · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Targeting CXCR2 axis in Pancreatic CancerR01CA228524 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., SINGH, RAKESH K · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Rac1 GTPase in tumorigenesis and progression of pancreatic cancerR01CA206444 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BATRA, SURINDER K., OUELLETTE, MICHEL M · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
PD2/Paf1 and pancreatic cancer stem cellsK22CA175260 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PONNUSAMY, MOORTHY P. · 2014 to 2016
$364k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA175260NCI NIH HHS P01 CA217798NCI NIH HHS R01 CA206444NCI NIH HHS R01 CA210637NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228524NCI NIH HHS R01 CA256973NCI NIH HHS R01 CA263575NCI NIH HHS R01 CA273319NCI NIH HHS R01 CA273349NCI NIH HHS U01 CA200466NCI NIH HHS U01 CA210240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosylation is a complex co-translational and post-translational modification (PTM) in eukaryotes that utilizes glycosyltransferases to generate a vast array of glycoconjugate structures. Recent studies have highlighted the role of glycans in regulating essential molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and systemic biological processes with significant implications for human diseases, particularly cancer. The metabolic reliance of cancer, spanning tumor initiation, disease progression, and resistance to therapy, necessitates a range of uniquely altered cellular metabolic pathways. In addition, the intricate interplay between cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms is exemplified by the communication between cancer cells, cancer stem cells (CSCs), cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), and immune cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME). In this review article, we explore how differential glycosylation in cancer influences the metabolism and stemness features alongside new avenues in glycobiology.

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NeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsSugarsAnimalsGlycosylationHumansPolysaccharidesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalTumor MicroenvironmentPolysaccharidesSugarsglycoconjugateglycosyltransferasemetabolismstemness

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PMID39462722
PMCPMC12032065

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