Glycosylation in cancer: mechanisms and clinical implications

SS Pinho, CA Reis - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Despite recent progress in understanding the cancer genome, there is still a relative delay in
understanding the full aspects of the glycome and glycoproteome of cancer. Glycobiology …

The clinical impact of glycobiology: targeting selectins, Siglecs and mammalian glycans

BAH Smith, CR Bertozzi - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Carbohydrates—namely glycans—decorate every cell in the human body and most secreted
proteins. Advances in genomics, glycoproteomics and tools from chemical biology have …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals new types of human blood dendritic cells, monocytes, and progenitors

AC Villani, R Satija, G Reynolds, S Sarkizova… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Dendritic cells (DCs) and monocytes consist of multiple specialized
subtypes that play a central role in pathogen sensing, phagocytosis, and antigen …

Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells

RA Flynn, K Pedram, SA Malaker, PJ Batista… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Glycans modify lipids and proteins to mediate inter-and intramolecular interactions across all
domains of life. RNA is not thought to be a major target of glycosylation. Here, we challenge …

Biological roles of glycans

A Varki - Glycobiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Simple and complex carbohydrates (glycans) have long been known to play major
metabolic, structural and physical roles in biological systems. Targeted microbial binding to …

Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Genetic determinants of the gut microbiome in UK twins

JK Goodrich, ER Davenport, M Beaumont… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
Studies in mice and humans have revealed intriguing associations between host genetics
and the microbiome. Here we report a 16S rRNA-based analysis of the gut microbiome in …

Targeted glycan degradation potentiates the anticancer immune response in vivo

MA Gray, MA Stanczak, NR Mantuano, H **ao… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Currently approved immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies targeting the PD-1 and CTLA-4
receptor pathways are powerful treatment options for certain cancers; however, most …

The physiology, pathology, and potential therapeutic applications of the TREM2 signaling pathway

A Deczkowska, A Weiner, I Amit - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease, obesity-related metabolic syndrome, and cancer are the leading
causes of death and among the most costly medical conditions in the Western world. In all …

Glycosylation: mechanisms, biological functions and clinical implications

M He, X Zhou, X Wang - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Protein post-translational modification (PTM) is a covalent process that occurs in proteins
during or after translation through the addition or removal of one or more functional groups …