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Yang H, Lin Z, Wu B, Xu J, Tao S, Zhou S. Deciphering disease through glycan codes: leveraging lectin microarrays for clinical insights. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2024. [PMID: 39099413 DOI: 10.3724/abbs.2024123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Glycosylation, a crucial posttranslational modification, plays a significant role in numerous physiological and pathological processes. Lectin microarrays, which leverage the high specificity of lectins for sugar binding, are ideally suited for profiling the glycan spectra of diverse and complex biological samples. In this review, we explore the evolution of lectin detection technologies, as well as the applications and challenges of lectin microarrays in analyzing the glycome profiles of various clinical samples, including serum, saliva, tissues, sperm, and urine. This review not only emphasizes significant advancements in the high-throughput analysis of polysaccharides but also provides insight into the potential of lectin microarrays for diagnosing and managing diseases such as tumors, autoimmune diseases, and chronic inflammation. We aim to provide a clear, concise, and comprehensive overview of the use of lectin microarrays in clinical settings, thereby assisting researchers in conducting clinical studies in glycobiology.
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- Hangzhou Yang
- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China
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Çevik-Aras H, Musa S, Olofsson R, Almståhl A, Almhöjd U. Patients with oral lichen planus display lower levels of salivary acidic glycoproteins than individuals without oral mucosal disease. Clin Oral Investig 2023; 28:2. [PMID: 38114810 PMCID: PMC10730629 DOI: 10.1007/s00784-023-05411-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Salivary proteins, acidic glycoproteins, and free calcium might take part in oral mucosal defence against inflammation in oral lichen planus (OLP). The study aimed to investigate whether the levels of sulfated and sialylated glycoproteins, total protein, and free calcium in saliva from patients with OLP differ from those of individuals without oral mucosal diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients diagnosed with OLP (n = 25) and two control groups without any oral mucosal disease; age- and gender-matched controls (n = 25, 65.6 ± 2.9 years), and younger controls (n = 25, 41.8 ± 2.5 years) were included. Subjective dry mouth (xerostomia) was assessed by asking a single-item question. Chew-stimulated whole saliva was collected to measure sulfated and sialylated glycoproteins by the Alcian Blue method. The total protein was determined spectrophotometrically, and the free calcium measured using an electrode. RESULTS The output of salivary sulfated and sialylated glycoproteins in the OLP group (21.8 ± 2.4 µg/min) was lower than in the age- and gender-matched controls (43.0 ± 2.9 µg/min, p = 0.0002), whereas the total protein and calcium output did not differ between the three groups (p > 0.05). The prevalence of xerostomia was significantly higher in the OLP group compared to both control groups (p = 0.038). CONCLUSIONS Patients with OLP showed a high prevalence of xerostomia and lower levels of salivary acidic type glycoproteins compared to the individuals without oral mucosa disease. CLINICAL RELEVANCE It is relevant to investigate the role of acidic glycoproteins in the pathogenesis of OLP.
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- H Çevik-Aras
- Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Odontology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Specialist Clinic for Orofacial Medicine, Northern Älvsborg County Hospital, Public Dental Service, Trollhättan, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden.
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- Public Dental Service, Gothenburg, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden
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- Specialist Clinic for Orofacial Medicine, Public Dental Service, Uddevalla-Trollhättan, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden
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- Section 4, -Oral Health, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
- Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Odontology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Shu J, Ren X, Cheng H, Wang S, Yue L, Li X, Yin M, Chen X, Zhang T, Hui Z, Bao X, Song W, Yu H, Dang L, Zhang C, Wang J, Zhao Q, Li Z. Beneficial or detrimental: Recruiting more types of benign cases for cancer diagnosis based on salivary glycopatterns. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 252:126354. [PMID: 37591435 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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With the advantages of convenient, painless and non-invasive collection, saliva holds great promise as a valuable biomarker source for cancer detection, pathological assessment and therapeutic monitoring. Salivary glycopatterns have shown significant potential for cancer screening in recent years. However, the understanding of benign lesions at non-cancerous sites in cancer diagnosis has been overlooked. Clarifying the influence of benign lesions on salivary glycopatterns and cancer screening is crucial for advancing the development of salivary glycopattern-based diagnostics. In this study, 2885 samples were analyzed using lectin microarrays to identify variations in salivary glycopatterns according to the number, location, and type of lesions. By utilizing our previously published data of tumor-associated salivary glycopatterns, the performance of machine learning algorithm for cancer screening was investigated to evaluate the effect of adding benign disease cases to the control group. The results demonstrated that both the location and number of lesions had discernible effects on salivary glycopatterns. And it was also revealed that incorporating a broad range of benign diseases into the controls improved the classifier's performance in distinguishing cancer cases from controls. This finding holds guiding significance for enhancing salivary glycopattern-based cancer screening and facilitates their practical implementation in clinical settings.
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- Jian Shu
- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China; School of Medicine, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- University Hospital, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- University Hospital, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Science & Medicine, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
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Hanna R, Dalvi S, Tomov G, Hopper C, Rebaudi F, Rebaudi AL, Bensadoun RJ. Emerging potential of phototherapy in management of symptomatic oral lichen planus: A systematic review of randomised controlled clinical trials. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023:e202300046. [PMID: 37017292 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Phototherapy incorporating photobiomodulation therapy and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy has been utilised as antioxidants in symptomatic oral lichen planus (OLP) management; however, its role of intervention remains controversial. The aim of this systematic review of CRD42021227788 PROSPERO (an international prospective register of systematic reviews in health and social care) registration number was to oversee and determine phototherapy efficacy in patients with symptomatic OLP, identifying and bridging the literature gaps by proposing recommendations for future studies. A search strategy was developed in consistent with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Various electronic databases were exercised to search for randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs). Several search engines were employed to analyse a total of 177 studies of which nine included. A wide range of utilised laser and light-emitted diode wavelengths between 630 and 808 nm and irradiance ranged between 10 and 13 mW/cm2 were noted. 67% of studies reported a high risk of bias and a high heterogeneity obtained from numerical data for quantitative analysis, therefore meta-analysis was impossible to conduct. Despite inconsistency and diversity in phototherapy parameters, treatment protocols, photosensitiser (type, concentration and method of application) and outcome assessment tools, the majority of the studies showed positive results compared with standard care treatments. Hence, a necessity to perform well-designed RCTs with robust methodology is warranted, after acknowledging the current drawbacks and addressing the suggested recommendations highlighted in our review. Moreover, advanced knowledge in understanding further phototherapy-antioxidants molecular mechanistic in symptomatic OLP is required.
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- Reem Hanna
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, Laser Therapy Centre, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Restorative and Dental Sciences, UCL-Eastman Dental Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rockefeller Building, London, UK
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- Department of Periodontology, Swargiya Dadasaheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, India
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- Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Diagnostics, Medical and Surgical Sciences, UCL-Eastman Dental Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rockefeller Building, London, UK
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- Department of Expiremental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Implants, School of Dentistry, Universitat International de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Ding L, Cheng Y, Guo W, Sun S, Chen X, Zhang T, Cheng H, Hao J, Lu Y, Wang X, Li Z. High Expression Level of α2-3-Linked Sialic Acids on Salivary Glycoproteins of Breastfeeding Women May Help to Protect Them from Avian Influenza Virus Infection. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27134285. [PMID: 35807530 PMCID: PMC9268398 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27134285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Terminal sialic acids (Sia) on soluble glycoprotein of saliva play an important role in the clearance of influenza virus. The aim of this study is to investigate the alteration of sialylation on the salivary proteins of women during the lactation period and its effect on the saliva binding ability to virus. In total, 210 saliva samples from postpartum women with and without breastfeeding were collected, and the expression level of α2-3/6-linked Sia on the whole salivary proteins and specific glycoproteins of IgA and MUC5B from different groups were tested and verified using lectin microarray, blotting analysis and ELISA based method. The H1N1 vaccine and three strains of Avian influenza virus (AIV) were used for the saliva binding assay. Results showed that the variation in salivary expression level of α2-3-linked Sia was much more obvious than the α2-6-linked Sia, which was up-regulated significantly in the breastfeeding groups compared to the non-breastfeeding groups at the same postpartum stage. Furthermore, the binding abilities of salivary glycoproteins to AIV strains and H1N1 vaccine were increased in breastfeeding groups accordingly. This finding adds new evidence for the maternal benefit of breastfeeding and provides new thinking to protect postpartum women from AIV infection.
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- Li Ding
- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an 710068, China;
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Harbin 150069, China;
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China; (L.D.); (S.S.); (X.C.); (T.Z.); (H.C.); (J.H.); (Y.L.)
- Correspondence:
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Shu J, Ma J, Ren X, Wang J, Wang Y, Zhang K, Yu H, Guo X, Li Z. The Abnormal Glycopatterns of Salivary Glycoproteins in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients. Front Chem 2021; 9:637730. [PMID: 33748076 PMCID: PMC7969727 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.637730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Glycosylation is one of the most crucial posttranslational modifications of proteins, containing a remarkable amount of biological information. The alteration of glycosylation is closely associated with certain diseases. Exploring glyco-code in the development of diseases is a hot topic in recent years. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the primary pathological histology in developing countries and a severe threat to human health. Although the glycan profiles in the blood samples of ESCC patients were analyzed using glycomic and glycoproteomic methods, the difference of salivary glycopatterns between healthy subjects and ESCC patients is not explicit yet. In the present study, ESCC patients (n = 16) and healthy volunteers (HVs, n = 25) were enrolled. The glycomic strategy combining lectin microarray and lectin blotting was employed to investigate and confirm the altered salivary glycopatterns. Datura stramonium (DSA) was selected to isolate the GlcNAc or Galβ1-4GlcNA-containing glycoproteins due to the distinct difference between ESCC patients and HVs. The N-glycans from DSA-enriched glycoproteins were released by PNGase F and further identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS to obtain the precise structural information of the altered glycans. As a result, the glycopatterns recognized by 13 lectins (e.g., ECA, RCA120, and DSA) showed significant alterations in ESCC patients' saliva. The ESCC patients showed higher levels of GalNAc and Gal, sialic acid, and GlcNAc expression profiles and lower levels of mannose and fucose expression profiles. The MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS results indicated that the proportion of the GlcNAc or Galβ1-4GlcNAc-containing N-glycans was increased in ESCC patients (79.04%) compared with HV (63.20%), which was consistent with the results of lectin microarrays. Our findings provide comprehensive information to understand the complex physiological changes in ESCC patients. And the altered salivary glycopatterns such as GlcNAc or Galβ1-4GlcNAc-containing N-glycans recognized by DSA might serve as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of ESCC patients.
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- Jian Shu
- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Digestive Disease of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Cell Signal Transduction Laboratory, Bioinformatics Center, Henan Provincial Engineering Center for Tumor Molecular Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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Yu H, Shu J, Li Z. Lectin microarrays for glycoproteomics: an overview of their use and potential. Expert Rev Proteomics 2020; 17:27-39. [PMID: 31971038 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2020.1720512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Introduction: Glycoproteomics is an important subdiscipline of proteomics, focusing on the role of protein glycosylation in various biological processes. Protein glycosylation is the enzymatic addition of sugars or oligosaccharides to proteins. Altered glycosylation often occurs in the early stages of disease development, for example, certain tumor-associated glycans have been shown to be expressed in precursor lesions of different types of cancer, making them powerful early diagnostic markers. Lectin microarrays have become a powerful tool for both the study of glycosylation and the diagnosis of various diseases including cancer.Areas covered: This review will discuss the most useful features of lectin microarrays, such as their technological advances, their capability for parallel/high-throughput analysis for the important glycopatterns of glycoprotein, and an overview of their use for glycosylation analysis of various complex protein samples, as well as their diagnostic potential in various diseases.Expert opinion: Lectin microarrays have proved to be useful in studying multiple lectin-glycan interactions in a single experiment and, with the advances made in the field, hold a promise of enabling glycopatterns of diseases in a fast and efficient manner. Lectin microarrays will become increasingly powerful early diagnostic tool for a variety of conditions.
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- Hanjie Yu
- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Laboratory for Functional Glycomics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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