Biological function of fucosylation in cancer biology

E Miyoshi, K Moriwaki, T Nakagawa - Journal of biochemistry, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Fucosylation is one of the most common modifications involving oligosaccharides on
glycoproteins or glycolipids. Fucosylation comprises the attachment of a fucose residue to N …

Branched N‐glycans regulate the biological functions of integrins and cadherins

Y Zhao, Y Sato, T Isaji, T Fukuda… - The FEBS …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosylation is one of the most common post‐translational modifications, and
approximately 50% of all proteins are presumed to be glycosylated in eukaryotes. Branched …

Sialylation and fucosylation of epidermal growth factor receptor suppress its dimerization and activation in lung cancer cells

YC Liu, HY Yen, CY Chen, CH Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Protein glycosylation is an important posttranslational process, which regulates protein
folding and functional expression. Studies have shown that abnormal glycosylation in tumor …

Intra-acinar trypsinogen activation mediates early stages of pancreatic injury but not inflammation in mice with acute pancreatitis

R Dawra, RP Sah, V Dudeja, L Rishi, R Talukdar… - Gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The role of trypsinogen activation in the pathogenesis of acute
pancreatitis (AP) has not been clearly established. METHODS: We generated and …

Lactobacillus spp. create a protective micro-ecological environment through regulating the core fucosylation of vaginal epithelial cells against cervical cancer

Q Fan, Y Wu, M Li, F An, L Yao, M Wang, X Wang… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Vaginal dysbiosis often occurs in patients with cervical cancer. The fucosylation of mucosal
epithelial cells is closely related to microbial colonization, and play an important role in …

[HTML][HTML] FUT8 and protein core fucosylation in tumours: from diagnosis to treatment

C Liao, J An, S Yi, Z Tan, H Wang, H Li, X Guan… - Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glycosylation changes are key molecular events in tumorigenesis, progression and
glycosyltransferases play a vital role in the this process. FUT8 belongs to the …

Core fucosylation regulates the function of pre-BCR, BCR and IgG in humoral immunity

Y Sun, X Li, T Wang, W Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Most of the membrane molecules involved in immune response are glycosylated. N-glycans
linked to asparagine (Asn) of immune molecules contribute to the protein conformation …

Effect of sialylation on EGFR phosphorylation and resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibition

HY Yen, YC Liu, NY Chen, CF Tsai… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a heavily glycosylated transmembrane receptor
tyrosine kinase. Upon EGF-binding, EGFR undergoes conformational changes to dimerize …

Crystal structure of mammalian α1, 6-fucosyltransferase, FUT8

H Ihara, Y Ikeda, S Toma, X Wang, T Suzuki, J Gu… - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Mammalian α1, 6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8) catalyses the transfer of a fucose
residue from a donor substrate, guanosine 5′-diphosphate-β-l-fucose to the reducing …

Improving immunotherapy through glycodesign

MJ Buettner, SR Shah, CT Saeui, R Ariss… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing health care, with the majority of high impact “drugs”
approved in the past decade falling into this category of therapy. Despite considerable …