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Metz,Claudia; Döger,Remziye; Riquelme,Elizabeth; Cortés,Priscilla; Holmes,Christopher; Shaughnessy,Ronan; Oyanadel,Claudia; Grabowski,Catalina; González,Alfonso; Soza,Andrea. |
BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive cancers of the brain. Malignant traits of glioblastoma cells include elevated migration, proliferation and survival capabilities. Galectins are unconventionally secreted glycan-binding proteins that modulate processes of cell adhesion, migration, proliferation and apoptosis by interacting with beta-galactosides of cell surface glycoproteins and the extracellular matrix. Galectin-8 is one of the galectins highly expressed in glioblastoma cells. It has a unique selectivity for terminally sialylated glycans recently found enhanced in these highly malignant cells. A previous study in glioblastoma cell lines reported that Gal-8 coating a plastic surface stimulates two-dimensional motility. Because in other... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Galectin-8; Glioblastoma; Cancer; Cell cycle; Apoptosis; Proliferation; Migration. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602016000100033 |
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