O-glycans in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and cancers

摘要

The present invention provides preventive approaches and treatments for an inflammatory bowel disorder (e.g., Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis) or a gastrointestinal tumor (e.g., a colorectal cancer) comprising administering an O-glycan composition (e.g., mucins) to a subject, such as a human patient. In addition, the present invention also provides transgenic mice that fail to synthesize core 1-derived or core 3-derived O-glycans.