Table 8.
Correlating the glycan:sulfotransferase activities with the gastric tumor types
| Gastric tumor | Specimen | Stage of cancer | Patient status | α1,2-FT Activity decrease (%) | Gal3Sulfo-T2 | Gal3Sulto-T4 | GlcNAc6SulfoT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signet ring cell carcinoma–Krukenberg tumor | |||||||
| Poorly differentiated | 7741 | D (E) | 10 | 60.7 (75.9) | 49.1 (14.4) | 43.8 (1.3) | |
| 7405 | 3A | D (E) | 40 | 329.0 (156.7) | 91.4 (7.1) | 53.7 (2.8) | |
| 11868 | 3A | D (NE) | 40 | 208.1 (20.6) | 111.0 (61.7) | 13.6 (7.6) | |
| Moderately differentiated | 11954 | 2 | D (E) | 40 | 2.6 (26.0) | 0.5 (5.0) | 0.7 (7.0) |
| Adenocarcinoma | |||||||
| Poorly differentiated | 7323 | 3A | A (UN) | (Increase 5.6 fold) | 1.4 (14.0) | 12.3 (61.5) | 86.3 (37.5) |
| 7570 | 3A | D (UN) | 90 | 11.7 (10.6) | 75.8 (2.7) | 49.8 (1.6) | |
| 9529 | 1B | D (NE) | 80 | 2.6 (1.9) | 34.3 (5.1) | 3.3 (0.6) | |
| 11847 | 2 | A (NE) | (Increase 0.9 fold) | 2.1 (7.0 | 59.6 (149.0) | 5.2 (2.7) | |
| Moderately differentiated | 11681 | 3A | A (NE) | 70 | 2.7 (2.1) | 2.3 (3.3) | 4.1 (1.4) |
| 12015 | 1B | A (NE) | 40 | 3.3 (8.3) | 16.8 (2.4) | 15.3 (8.1) | |
| Litinis Plastica | |||||||
| Poorly differentiated | 7532 | 4 | D (E) | 2.3 | 56.2 | 25.7 | |
| Non-epithelial Stromal Sarcoma | |||||||
| Poorly differentiated: | 11577 | D (UN) | 1.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | ||
The values in parentheses are the fold of activity in tumor as compared to that of non-tumor specimen from the same patient
D Dead, E evidence of cancer; NE no evidence of cancer; UN unknown