Expression of LacdiNAc Groups on N-Glycans among Human Tumors Is Complex

Table 1

Expression of LacdiNAc group in human tumors and cancer cells.

Types of tumors/cells	LacdiNAc	β4GalNAcT	References
Breast cancer	↓	ND	[19]
Neuroblastoma	ND	β4GalNAcT3 ↓	[28]
Colon cancer	ND	β4GalNAcT3 ↑	[38]
Prostate cancer	(PSA)↑	β4GalNAcT4 ↑	[20, 21, 33]
Ovarian cancer/SKOV3	↑	ND	[22]
Pancreatic cancer/Capan-1	(RNase I)↑	ND	[23]

ND: not determined.
Arrows ↑ and ↓ indicate an increase and a decrease of the expression, respectively.