title: Glycoproteins and glycoproteomics in pancreatic cancer.
abstract: Aberrations in protein glycosylation and polysaccharides play a pivotal role in pancreatic tumorigenesis, influencing cancer progression, metastasis, immuno-response and chemoresistance. Abnormal expression in sugar moieties can impact the function of various glycoproteins, including mucins, surface receptors, adhesive proteins, proteoglycans, as well as their effectors and binding ligands, resulting in an increase in pancreatic cancer invasiveness and a cancer-favored microenvironment. Recent advance in glycoproteomics, glycomics and other chemical biology techniques have been employed to better understand the complex mechanism of glycosylation events and how they orchestrate molecular activities in genomics, proteomics and metabolomics implicated in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A variety of strategies have been demonstrated targeting protein glycosylation and polysaccharides for diagnostic and therapeutic development.
authors.affiliation: Sheng Pan, Teresa A Brentnall, Ru Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Sheng Pan, Teresa A Brentnall, Ru Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Teresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brentnall
authors.affiliation: Sheng Pan, Teresa A Brentnall, Ru Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods; D054794:Glycomics / Q000379:methods*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D006023:Glycoproteins
keywords: Glycoproteins; Glycoproteomics; Glycosylation; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Proteomics