Changes in glycoconjugate metabolism (incomplete or abnormal glycosylation) is one of the features accompanying malignant cell transformation. The expression of glycoproteins is modified because of depression of genes encoding for glycosyltransferases, and this leads to decreased cell-cell adhesiveness, conferring to cancer cells an advantage for metastatic spread.
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