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Serum Levels of Glycoproteins are Elevated in Patients with Ovarian Cancer |
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| Authors: | Vikram Thakkar Purvi Patel Neelam Prajapati Ranjit Kaur Mukesh Nandave |
| Institution: | 1. Pharmacy Department, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S.S.G. Hospital, Baroda, India 3. Department of Pharmacology, SPP School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, SVKM’s NMIMS, Vile Parle (w), Mumbai, 400056, India |
| Abstract: | Identification of reliable biomarkers for detection and staging of cancer and monitoring the outcome of anticancer therapy has been considered to be of high importance. We aimed to estimate the levels of serum glycoproteins, protein bound-hexose, protein bound hexosamine, protein bound fucose, protein bound sialic acid and protein bound carbohydrate in 32 ovarian cancer patients and compared them with the levels that found in 25 normal subjects. As compared to the normal subjects, all the four fractions of glycoproteins level were significantly elevated in ovarian cancer patients (p < 0.05). Chemotherapy in these patients significantly decreased the levels of serum glycoproteins (p < 0.05). Thus, high levels of serum glycoproteins in ovarian cancer patients could be due to abnormal protein glycosylation indicating malignant transformation of the cells. |
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