Naturally occurring anti-glycan antibodies binding to Globo H-expressing cells identify ovarian cancer patients
Background: Glycosphingolipids are important compounds of the plasma membrane of mammalian cells and a number of them have been associated with malignant transformation and progression, reinforcing tumour aggressiveness and metastasis. Here we investigated the levels of naturally occurring anti-glycan antibodies to Globo H in blood plasma obtained from high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients (SOC) and women without gynaecological malignancies (control) using suspension glycan array technology employing chemically synthesized glycans as antibody targets. Results: We found that anti-human Globo H IgG antibodies were able to significantly discriminate SOC from controls (P
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