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Changes in composition and sulfation patterns of glycoaminoglycans in renal cell carcinoma

Overview of attention for article published in Glycoconjugate Journal, December 2015
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Title
Changes in composition and sulfation patterns of glycoaminoglycans in renal cell carcinoma
Published in
Glycoconjugate Journal, December 2015
DOI 10.1007/s10719-015-9643-1
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Authors

Ebru Ucakturk, Orkun Akman, Xiaojun Sun, Dilek Ertoy Baydar, Anil Dolgun, Fuming Zhang, Robert J. Linhardt

Abstract

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are heterogeneous, linear, highly charged, anionic polysaccharides consisting of repeating disaccharides units. GAGs have some biological significance in cancer progression (invasion and metastasis) and cell signaling. In different cancer types, GAGs undergo specific structural changes. In the present study, in depth investigation of changes in sulfation pattern and composition of GAGs, heparan sulfate (HS)/heparin (HP), chondroitin sulfate (CS)/dermatan sulfate and hyaluronan (HA) in normal renal tissue (NRT) and renal cell carcinoma tissue (RCCT) were evaluated. The statistical evaluation showed that alteration of the HS (HSNRT = 415.1 ± 115.3; HSRCCT = 277.5 ± 134.3), and CS (CSNRT = 35.3 ± 12.3; CSRCCT = 166.7 ± 108.8) amounts (in ng/mg dry tissue) were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Sulfation pattern in NRT and RCCT was evaluated to reveal disaccharide profiles. Statistical analyses showed that RCCT samples contain significantly increased amounts (in units of ng/mg dry tissue) of 4SCS (NRT = 25.7 ± 9.4; RCCT = 117.1 ± 73.9), SECS (NRT = 0.7 ± 0.3; RCCT = 4.7 ± 4.5), 6SCS (NRT = 6.1 ± 2.7; RCCT = 39.4 ± 34.7) and significantly decreased amounts (in units of ng/mg dry tissue) of NS6SHS (RCCT = 28.6 ± 6.5, RCCT = 10.2 ± 8.0), NS2SHS (RCCT = 44.2 ± 13.8; RCCT = 27.2 ± 15.0), NSHS (NRT = 68.4 ± 15.8; RCCT = 50.4 ± 21.2), 2S6SHS (NRT = 1.0 ± 0.4; RCCT = 0.4 ± 0.3), and 6SHS (NRT = 60.6 ± 17.5; RCCT = 24.9 ± 12.3). If these changes in GAGs are proven to be specific and sensitive, they may serve as potential biomarkers in RCC. Our findings are likely to help us to show the direction for further investigations to be able to bring different diagnostic and prognostic approaches in renal tumors.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 18%
Researcher 4 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Student > Master 3 14%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 3 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Engineering 2 9%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Other 3 14%
Unknown 4 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 January 2021.
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#3,798,287
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Outputs from Glycoconjugate Journal
#38
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#61,156
of 396,091 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Glycoconjugate Journal
#1
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