title: A glycobiology review: carbohydrates, lectins and implications in cancer therapeutics.
abstract: This review is intended for general readers who would like a basic foundation in carbohydrate structure and function, lectin biology, and the implications of glycobiology in human health and disease, particularly in cancer therapeutics. These topics are among the hundreds included in the field of glycobiology and are treated here because they form the cornerstone of glycobiology or the focus of many advances in this rapidly expanding field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8303, USA.
authors.forename: Haike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghazarian
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Idoni
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Oppenheimer
mesh_terms: D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D054794:Glycomics; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins