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CANCER AND METASTASIS REVIEWS
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 107-129Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10555-021-10015-1
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Organotropism; Sialylation; Glycosyltransferase; Brain metastasis; Bone metastasis; Lung metastasis; Lymph node metastasis
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- [1F31CA265070-01]
- [T-32 CA009592]
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Metastasis plays a significant role in cancer-related deaths, with glycosylation emerging as a key player in determining cancer cells' tropism for different metastatic sites.
Metastasis is considered to be responsible for 90% of cancer-related deaths. Although it is clinically evident that metastatic patterns vary by primary tumor type, the molecular mechanisms underlying the site-specific nature of metastasis are an area of active investigation. One mechanism that has emerged as an important player in this process is glycosylation, or the addition of sugar moieties onto protein and lipid substrates. Glycosylation is the most common post-translational modification, occurring on more than 50% of translated proteins. Many of those proteins are either secreted or expressed on the cell membrane, thereby making glycosylation an important mediator of cell-cell interactions, including tumor-microenvironment interactions. It has been recently discovered that alteration of glycosylation patterns influences cancer metastasis, both globally and in a site-specific manner. This review will summarize the current knowledge regarding the role of glycosylation in the tropism of cancer cells for several common metastatic sites, including the bone, lung, brain, and lymph nodes.
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