Open AccessAberrant glycosylation of the anti-Thomsen-Friedenreich glycotope immunoglobulin G in gastric cancer patients
Author(s) -
Kristel Kodar,
Jelena Izotova,
Kersti Klaamas,
Boris Sergeyev,
Lilian Järvekülg,
Oleg Kurtenkov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i23.3573
Subject(s) - lectin , agglutinin , cancer , sialic acid , immunoglobulin g , antibody , concanavalin a , medicine , gastroenterology , glycosylation , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , fucosylation , fucose , biology , biochemistry , glycoprotein , in vitro
To study whether alterations in the glycosylation of immunoglobulin G (IgG) specific to the Thomsen-Friedenreich glycotope (TF) have diagnostic and prognostic potential in gastric cancer.