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SUBMITTER: Biskup K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8304809 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biskup Karina K Stellmach Caroline C Braicu Elena Ioana EI Sehouli Jalid J Blanchard Véronique V
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210623 7
Glycosaminoglycans are long polysaccharidic chains, which are mostly present in connective tissues. Modified GAG expression in tissues surrounding malignant cells has been shown to contribute to tumor progression, aggressive status and metastasis in many types of cancer. Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal gynecological malignancies due to its late diagnosis because of the absence of clear symptoms and unavailability of early disease markers. We investigated for the first time GAG changes a ...[more]