Altered glycosylation in pancreatic cancer and beyond

JC Lumibao, JR Tremblay, J Hsu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is one of the deadliest cancers and is projected to
soon be the second leading cause of cancer death. Median survival of PDA patients is 6–10 …

The role of O-glycosylation in human disease

A Magalhães, HO Duarte, CA Reis - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
O-glycosylation is a highly frequent post-translation modification of proteins, with important
functional implications in both physiological and disease contexts. The biosynthesis of O …

Chimeric antibody targeting unique epitope on onco-mucin16 reduces tumor burden in pancreatic and lung malignancies

A Shah, S Chaudhary, I Lakshmanan, A Aithal… - NPJ Precision …, 2023 - nature.com
Aberrantly expressed onco-mucin 16 (MUC16) and its post-cleavage generated surface
tethered carboxy-terminal (MUC16-Cter) domain are strongly associated with poor …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and future perspectives on carbohydrate-based cancer vaccines and therapeutics

C Sorieul, F Papi, F Carboni, S Pecetta… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbohydrates are abundantly expressed on the surface of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic
cells, often as post translational modifications of proteins. Glycoproteins are recognized by …

Glycans as targets for drug delivery in cancer

F Diniz, P Coelho, HO Duarte, B Sarmento, CA Reis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Alterations in glycosylation are frequently observed in cancer cells.
Different strategies have been proposed to increase drug delivery to the tumor site in order …

GDNF-induced phosphorylation of MUC21 promotes pancreatic cancer perineural invasion and metastasis by activating RAC2 GTPase

Y Chen, W Zhang, Y Zeng, P Yang, Y Li, X Liang, K Liu… - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
Perineural invasion (PNI) is an adverse prognostic feature of pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, the understanding of the interactions between tumors …

Targeted and Self-Adjuvated Nanoglycovaccine Candidate for Cancer Immunotherapy

R Freitas, E Ferreira, A Miranda, D Ferreira… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Advanced-stage solid primary tumors and metastases often express mucin 16 (MUC16),
carrying immature glycans such as the Tn antigen, resulting in specific glycoproteoforms not …

ImmunoPET of ovarian and pancreatic cancer with AR9. 6, a novel MUC16-targeted therapeutic antibody

SK Sharma, KN Mack, A Piersigilli, J Pourat… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Advances in our understanding of the contribution of aberrant glycosylation to the
pro-oncogenic signaling and metastasis of tumor cells have reinvigorated the development …

MUC1 and MUC16: critical for immune modulation in cancer therapeutics

X Chen, IK Sandrine, M Yang, J Tu, X Yuan - Frontiers in immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Mucin (MUC) family, a range of highly glycosylated macromolecules, is ubiquitously
expressed in mammalian epithelial cells. Such molecules are pivotal in establishing …

Mucins as contrast agent targets for fluorescence-guided surgery of pancreatic cancer

KM Muilenburg, CC Isder, P Radhakrishnan, SK Batra… - Cancer letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to resect due to its unique challenges, often leading to
incomplete tumor resections. Fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS), also known as …