Protein glycosylation of extracellular vesicles from ovarian carcinoma cells

• Author(s): Gomes, Joana Raquel Afonso
• Date: 2015
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/43582
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Project/scholarship: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/ENMed%2F0001%2F2013/PT; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/321570/EU; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/JPND%2F0003%2F2011/PT; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/PEst-OE%2FEQB%2FLA0004%2F2011/PT
• Subject(s): glycosylation; extracellular vesicles; ovarian cancer; galectin-3-binding protein; Biological Sciences; Biochemistry for Health
• Document Type: Master thesis
• Language: English
• Advisor(s): Costa, Júlia
• Contributor(s): RUN

Description

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by almost all types of cells, including tumor, immune and stem cells, and are also present in body fluids like saliva, urine, breast milk and malignant ascites. EVs have a unique cargo of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, and conserve characteristics from donor cells.