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ReviewGlycoconjugate journal1996

Mucin glycoproteins in neoplasia.

Y S Kim, J Gum, I Brockhausen

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Review in Glycoconjugate journal, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 295 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Y S KimGI Research Lab, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
J Gum
I Brockhausen
San Francisco VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

GLYCOCONJUGATES IN PANCREATIC CANCERR01CA024321 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI KIM, YOUNG S · 1985 to 2002
$809k
NCI NIH HHS CA24321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucins are high molecular weight glycoproteins that are heavily glycosylated with many oligosaccharide side chains linked O-glycosidically to the protein backbone. With the recent application of molecular biological methods, the structures of apomucins and regulation of mucin genes are beginning to be understood. At least nine human mucin genes have been identified to date. Although a complete protein sequence is known for only three human mucins (MUC1, MUC2, and MUC7), common motifs have been identified in many mucins. The pattern of tissue and cell-specific expression of these mucin genes are emerging, suggesting a distinct role for each member of this diverse mucin gene family. In epithelial cancers, many of the phenotypic markers for pre-malignant and malignant cells have been found on the carbohydrate and peptide moieties of mucin glycoproteins. The expression of carbohydrate antigens appears to be due to modification of peripheral carbohydrate structures and the exposure of inner core region carbohydrates. The expression of some of the sialylated carbohydrate antigens appears to correlate with poor prognosis and increased metastatic potential in some cancers. The exposure of peptide backbone structures of mucin glycoproteins in malignancies appears to be due to abnormal glycosylation during biosynthesis. Dysregulation of tissue and cell-specific expression of mucin genes also occurs in epithelial cancers. At present, the role of mucin glycoproteins in various stages of epithelial cell carcinogenesis (including the preneoplastic state and metastasis), in cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy is under investigation.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntigensCarbohydrate SequenceModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMucinsNeoplasmsOligosaccharidesPeptidesRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidAntigensMucinsOligosaccharidesPeptides

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PMID8909996
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