What is the use of glycoproteins in cancer research?

Some cell adhesion molecules are glycoproteins


Some drugs target adhesion molecules which are important for cell function like Proliferation, Migration and invasion.

What is the use of glycoproteins in cancer research?
This question is a bit broad.


There are more than 30 different glycoproteins


There are more than 300 different cancers.


A search of MEDLINE - http://www.pubmed.gov - for


"Glycoproteins"[MAJR] AND "Neoplasms"[MAJR]


returns 33944 references. Summarizing 40 years of research is ... difficult.





When you search MEDLINE, you should be able to narrow your question down to a more manageable level.





Good luck!