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Cancro do pâncreas

eventos glicómicos
Authors: Santos, Margarida Tomé;

Cancro do pâncreas

Abstract

O cancro do pâncreas, devido à incidência e mortalidade crescentes, bem como à dificuldade tanto no diagnóstico precoce como na terapêutica eficaz, natureza refratária da doença avançada e pior prognóstico entre todos os tipos de cancro, tem-se revelado como uma doença extremamente desafiante, mas também a mais temível, nos dias de hoje. O estudo da estrutura, biossíntese e biologia dos glicanos, abriu uma nova fronteira da biologia molecular - a Glicobiologia, que, atualmente, desempenha um papel fulcral na investigação do cancro. A aberração glicómica constitui uma característica universal de todas as células cancerígenas, participando nos mais diversos mecanismos como mediadora de todas as etapas da progressão tumoral. No entanto, a vasta complexidade associada aos eventos de glicosilação impulsiona a escassez de tais pesquisas nesta área. Apesar de muitas mutações-chave, vias de sinalização e interações tumor-microambiente ainda não terem sido bem esclarecidas, a compreensão e investigação com resultados alcançados das mesmas tem desvendado o acesso a uma ampla gama de alvos de elevado interesse diagnóstico e terapêutico. A presente monografia descreve o significado biológico dos glicanos no cancro do pâncreas e apresenta a mais recente evidência científica relativa ao valor e relevância de explorar os eventos glicómicos nesta doença mortal.

Pancreatic cancer, due to the increasing incidence and mortality, as well as the difficulty in both early diagnosis and effective therapy, refractory nature of advanced disease and the worst prognosis among all types of cancer, has proved to be an extremely challenging disease, but also the most fearsome today. The study of the structure, biosynthesis and biology of glycans has opened a new frontier in molecular biology - Glycobiology, which currently plays a key role in cancer research. Glycomic aberration is a universal feature of all cancer cells, participating in a wide variety of mechanisms as a mediator of all stages of tumor progression. However, the vast complexity associated with glycomic events causes the scarcity of this field of research. Despite many key mutations, signaling pathways and tumor-microenvironment interactions have not yet been clarified, their understanding, research and its results have unlocked access to a wide range of targets of high diagnostic and therapeutic interest. This monograph describes the biological significance of glycans in pancreatic cancer and presents the latest scientific evidence regarding the value and relevance of exploring glycomic events in this deadly disease.

Trabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, 2022, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia.

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Ciências da Saúde, Mestrado integrado - 2022, Glicosilação, Glicanos, Cancro pancreático, Aberração glicómica

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