Abstract
This review focuses on recent efforts in glycoconjugate construction for the creation and evaluation of vaccines based on carbohydrate cancer-associated antigens. This therapeutic approach takes advantage from the known tendency of transformed cells to express selective carbohydrate motifs otherwise hidden in normal cells. The immunological response is elicited by the association in the same molecule a carbohydrate, as B-cell antigen, and a peptide, or an entire protein, as T-cell epitope. We will review on the synthesis and the immunological investigation of various glycoconjugates presenting tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens. Different approaches including the use of clustered glycoconjugates such as multiple antigenic glycopeptides (MAG), and glyconanoparticles as potential antitumour therapeutics will be considered.
Keywords: Glycopeptides, glyconanoparticles, tumour-associated carbohydrate antigens, glycoconjugates, anti-tumour vaccines
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Glycoconjugates in Cancer Therapy
Volume: 8 Issue: 1
Author(s): Laura Cipolla, Francesco Peri and Cristina Airoldi
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Keywords: Glycopeptides, glyconanoparticles, tumour-associated carbohydrate antigens, glycoconjugates, anti-tumour vaccines
Abstract: This review focuses on recent efforts in glycoconjugate construction for the creation and evaluation of vaccines based on carbohydrate cancer-associated antigens. This therapeutic approach takes advantage from the known tendency of transformed cells to express selective carbohydrate motifs otherwise hidden in normal cells. The immunological response is elicited by the association in the same molecule a carbohydrate, as B-cell antigen, and a peptide, or an entire protein, as T-cell epitope. We will review on the synthesis and the immunological investigation of various glycoconjugates presenting tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens. Different approaches including the use of clustered glycoconjugates such as multiple antigenic glycopeptides (MAG), and glyconanoparticles as potential antitumour therapeutics will be considered.
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Cipolla Laura, Peri Francesco and Airoldi Cristina, Glycoconjugates in Cancer Therapy, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 8 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152008783330815
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152008783330815 |
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