The design of small-molecule prodrugs and activatable phototherapeutics for cancer therapy

HH Han, HM Wang, P Jangili, M Li, L Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer remains as one of the most significant health problems, with approximately 19
million people diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is a routinely used method to …

[HTML][HTML] Biological functions and analytical strategies of sialic acids in tumor

X Zhou, G Yang, F Guan - Cells, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Sialic acids, a subset of nine carbon acidic sugars, often exist as the terminal sugars of
glycans on either glycoproteins or glycolipids on the cell surface. Sialic acids play important …

[HTML][HTML] The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier regulates memory T cell differentiation and antitumor function

M Wenes, A Jaccard, T Wyss, N Maldonado-Pérez… - Cell metabolism, 2022‏ - cell.com
Glycolysis, including both lactate fermentation and pyruvate oxidation, orchestrates CD8+ T
cell differentiation. However, how mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism and uptake controlled …

Targeting the siglec–sialic acid immune axis in cancer: current and future approaches

H Läubli, SC Nalle, D Maslyar - Cancer immunology research, 2022‏ - aacrjournals.org
The sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)–sialic acid immune axis is an
evolutionarily conserved immunoregulatory pathway that provides a mechanism for …

Metabolic signaling in cancer metastasis

S Krieg, SI Fernandes, C Kolliopoulos, M Liu… - Cancer …, 2024‏ - aacrjournals.org
Metastases, which are the leading cause of death in patients with cancer, have metabolic
vulnerabilities. Alterations in metabolism fuel the energy and biosynthetic needs of …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding glycosylation: Regulation through the metabolic flux of precursor pathways

AF Scheper, J Schofield, R Bohara, T Ritter… - Biotechnology …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Glycosylation is how proteins and lipids are modified with complex carbohydrates known as
glycans. The post-translational modification of proteins with glycans is not a template-driven …

Recent advances in glycoproteomic analysis by mass spectrometry

S Suttapitugsakul, F Sun, R Wu - Analytical chemistry, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Glycosylation is one of the most common protein modifications and is essential for cells. This
modification is exceptionally complex because glycans are highly diverse and can be …

PHGDH heterogeneity potentiates cancer cell dissemination and metastasis

M Rossi, P Altea-Manzano, M Demicco, G Doglioni… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Cancer metastasis requires the transient activation of cellular programs enabling
dissemination and seeding in distant organs. Genetic, transcriptional and translational …

Siglec and anti-Siglec therapies

G Murugesan, B Weigle, PR Crocker - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Siglecs (sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectins) are a family of receptors that bind
sialic acids in specific linkages on glycoproteins and glycolipids. Siglecs play roles in …

Disruption of the sialic acid/Siglec-9 axis improves antibody-mediated neutrophil cytotoxicity towards tumor cells

M Lustig, C Chan, JHM Jansen, M Bräutigam… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Upregulation of surface expressed sialoglycans on tumor cells is one of the mechanisms
which promote tumor growth and progression. Specifically, the interactions of sialic acids …