Gastric cancer: adding glycosylation to the equation

Highlights • Glycosylation changes are a hallmark of cancer cells. • Glycosylation plays a key role in fundamental pathophysiological steps of GC. • Deciphering GC cell “glycans code” contributes to its molecular understanding. • Glycan biomarkers hold an opportunity for improving early cancer diagn...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in molecular medicine 2013-11, Vol.19 (11), p.664-676
Hauptverfasser: Pinho, Salomé S, Carvalho, Sandra, Marcos-Pinto, Ricardo, Magalhães, Ana, Oliveira, Carla, Gu, Jianguo, Dinis-Ribeiro, Mário, Carneiro, Fátima, Seruca, Raquel, Reis, Celso A
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Glycosylation changes are a hallmark of cancer cells. • Glycosylation plays a key role in fundamental pathophysiological steps of GC. • Deciphering GC cell “glycans code” contributes to its molecular understanding. • Glycan biomarkers hold an opportunity for improving early cancer diagnosis and therapy.
ISSN:1471-4914
1471-499X
DOI:10.1016/j.molmed.2013.07.003