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Can malaria protein fight cancer?

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dc.creator Mannaa, Fathia Abd Elwahid
dc.date 2018-02-01
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-30T19:35:02Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-30T19:35:02Z
dc.identifier https://comunicatascientiae.com.br/comunicata/article/view/2237
dc.identifier 10.14295/cs.v8i2.2237
dc.identifier.uri https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/246733
dc.description Cancer risk depends on a combination of our genes, environment and other aspects of our lives, many of which we can control. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are often effective at treating people with a solid tumor, but once the cancer has spread and formed tiny tumors at distant sites, chances for a successful recovery are dismal.Recently, it was discovered that the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum produce and present a malarial protein called VAR2CSA, which bind a type of sugar molecule exclusively found in the placenta. It was found that the exact same sugar molecule structure is also found in most cancer cells. Both molecules are a type of chondroitin sulfate. The VAR2CSA only adhere in the placenta and do not bind to chondroitin sulfate expressed elsewhere in the body. In tumors, placental-like chondroitin sulfate chains are linked to a limited repertoire of cancer-associated proteoglycans including CD44 and CSPG4. The recombinant VAR2CSA (rVAR2) protein localizes to tumors in vivo and rVAR2 fused to diphtheria toxin or conjugated to hemiasterlin compounds strongly inhibits in vivo tumor cell growth and metastasis. en-US
dc.description Cancer risk depends on a combination of our genes, environment and other aspects of our lives, many of which we can control. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are often effective at treating people with a solid tumor, but once the cancer has spread and formed tiny tumors at distant sites, chances for a successful recovery are dismal.Recently, it was discovered that the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum produce and present a malarial protein called VAR2CSA, which bind a type of sugar molecule exclusively found in the placenta. It was found that the exact same sugar molecule structure is also found in most cancer cells. Both molecules are a type of chondroitin sulfate. The VAR2CSA only adhere in the placenta and do not bind to chondroitin sulfate expressed elsewhere in the body. In tumors, placental-like chondroitin sulfate chains are linked to a limited repertoire of cancer-associated proteoglycans including CD44 and CSPG4. The recombinant VAR2CSA (rVAR2) protein localizes to tumors in vivo and rVAR2 fused to diphtheria toxin or conjugated to hemiasterlin compounds strongly inhibits in vivo tumor cell growth and metastasis. pt-BR
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Federal University of Piauí en-US
dc.relation https://comunicatascientiae.com.br/comunicata/article/view/2237/460
dc.rights Copyright (c) 2018 Fathia Abd Elwahid Mannaa en-US
dc.source Comunicata Scientiae; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017); 181-193 en-US
dc.source Comunicata Scientiae; v. 8 n. 2 (2017); 181-193 pt-BR
dc.source 2177-5133
dc.source 2176-9079
dc.subject Plasmodium falciparum en-US
dc.subject cancer en-US
dc.subject malarial protein en-US
dc.subject Plasmodium falciparum pt-BR
dc.subject cancer pt-BR
dc.subject malarial protein pt-BR
dc.title Can malaria protein fight cancer? en-US
dc.title Can malaria protein fight cancer? pt-BR
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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