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Part two
Plant cell walls and regulatory carbohydrates
- Research in this area focuses on the primary cell walls in plants: uncovering the composition
of the walls, the structure of the polymers and how they assemble to form cell walls, and the
biochemical pathways involved.
- Complex carbohydrates that regulate plant growth, development and responses either to the
physical environment or to other organisms are studied by several research groups at the center.
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New cancer diagnostics, vaccines and therapies
- Several studies focus on tumor-associated antigens that can be used to develop vaccines or
diagnostic tests.
- Carbohydrate markers in the blood have been identified and used in a diagnostic test for
choriocarcinoma — a rare cancer where embryos turn into deadly tumors.
- New research is under way to find carbohydrate markers to detect breast, prostate and ovarian
cancers.
- Other studies seek to block the cell surface carbohydrates that allow cancer cells to spread.
- Pectin — a complex carbohydrate from plants — may have a role in prostate cancer prevention.
CCRC scientists are examining pectin’s anti-cancer properties in a collaborative project with
Medical College of Georgia researchers.
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