Glycans and cancer: role of N-glycans in cancer biomarker, progression and metastasis, and therapeutics

N Taniguchi, Y Kizuka - Advances in cancer research, 2015 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is catalyzed by various glycosyltransferase enzymes which are mostly located
in the Golgi apparatus in cells. These enzymes glycosylate various complex carbohydrates …

Functional roles of N‐glycans in cell signaling and cell adhesion in cancer

YY Zhao, M Takahashi, JG Gu, E Miyoshi… - Cancer …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosylation is one of the most common post‐translational modification reactions and
nearly half of all known proteins in eukaryotes are glycosylated. In fact, changes in …

Structural basis for improved efficacy of therapeutic antibodies on defucosylation of their Fc glycans

T Mizushima, H Yagi, E Takemoto… - Genes to …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Removal of the fucose residue from the N‐glycans of the Fc portion of immunoglobulin G
(IgG) results in a dramatic enhancement of antibody‐dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) …

An aberrant sugar modification of BACE 1 blocks its lysosomal targeting in A lzheimer's disease

Y Kizuka, S Kitazume, R Fujinawa, T Saito… - EMBO molecular …, 2015 - embopress.org
The β‐site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme‐1 (BACE 1), an essential protease for
the generation of amyloid‐β (Aβ) peptide, is a major drug target for Alzheimer's disease …

Alteration of protein glycosylation in liver diseases

B Blomme, C Van Steenkiste, N Callewaert… - Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Chronic liver diseases are a serious health problem worldwide. The current gold standard to
assess structural liver damage is through a liver biopsy which has several disadvantages. A …

Core fucose and bisecting GlcNAc, the direct modifiers of the N-glycan core: their functions and target proteins

M Takahashi, Y Kuroki, K Ohtsubo, N Taniguchi - Carbohydrate research, 2009 - Elsevier
Among the various posttranslational modification reactions, glycosylation is the most
common, and nearly 50% of all known proteins are thought to be glycosylated. In particular …

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 …

Regulation of glycan structures in animal tissues: transcript profiling of glycan-related genes

AV Nairn, WS York, K Harris, EM Hall, JM Pierce… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
Glycan structures covalently attached to proteins and lipids play numerous roles in
mammalian cells, including protein folding, targeting, recognition, and adhesion at the …

Cell migration—the role of integrin glycosylation

ME Janik, A Lityńska, P Vereecken - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Cell migration is an essential process in organ homeostasis, in
inflammation, and also in metastasis, the main cause of death from cancer. The extracellular …

[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 …