Roles of the gel-forming MUC2 mucin and its O-glycosylation in the protection against colitis and colorectal cancer

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1637-1641

  Kawashima, Hiroto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colitis; Colorectal cancer; Glycosyltransferase; MUC2 mucin; O glycan; Sulfotransferase

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN; MUCIN 2; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 O SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI GENE; C1GALT1 GENE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COLITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL; GENE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MUC2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MUCIN-2; POLYSACCHARIDES; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84867278742     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00412     Document Type: Review

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