The molecular immunology of complex carbohydrates-3 /

"Based on the proceedings of the third international symposium on "Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates," this text is the latest in a series dedicated to glycotopes, structures and functions of complex carbohydrates, recognition factors of lectins, biomolecular interactions...

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Corporate Author: International Symposium on Glycoconjugates
Other Authors: Wu, Albert M.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, c2011.
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 705.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Introduction to glyco-experiences. Serendipity in scientific discoveries: some examples in glycosciences / Yuan-Chuan Lee
  • My 30-year devotion to the N-linked oligosaccharaide structures / Noriko Takahashi
  • pt. 2. Blood group ABH/Le-related antigens. Human blood group ABH/Le, Le[a],[b],[x],[y], and Sialyl Le[a],[x] glycotopes: internal structures; and immunochemical roles of human ovarian cyst glycoproteins / Albert M. Wu
  • Lewis glyco-epitopes: structures, biosynthesis, and function / Hui-Li Chen
  • A unique endo-[Beta]-galactosidase that cleaves both blood group A and B glycotopes / Su-Chen Li, Kimberly M. Anderson, and Yu-Teh Li
  • pt. 3. Lectins. Recognition roles of mammalian structural units and polyvalency in lectin-glycan interactions / Albert M. Wu ... [et al.]
  • Adhesian/growth-regulatory galectins: insights into their ligand selectivity using natural glycoproteins and glycotopes / Albert M. Wu ... [et al.]
  • Glycotope structures and intramolecular affinity factors of plant lectins for Tn/T antigens / Pierre Rougé ... [et al.]
  • The five bacterial lectins (PA-IL, PA-IIL, RSL, RS-IIL, and CV-IIL): interactions with diverse animal cells and glycoproteins / Nechama Gilboa-Garber ... [et al.]
  • On the differentiated sialic acid specificity of lectins from different part of Saraca indica / Bishnu P. Chatterjee and Mainak Majumder
  • Regulation of lectin production by the human pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum: effect of choline, trehalose, and ethanol / Nachman C. Garber ... [et al.]
  • Non-carbohydrate-mediated interaction of lectins with plant proteins / Jared Q. Gerlach ... [et al.]
  • Novel concepts about the role of lectins in the plant cell / Els. J.M. Van Damme
  • pt. 4. Structures and functions of glycolipids. Role of gangliosides and plasma membrane-associated sialidase in the process of cell membrane organization / Sandro Sonnino ... [et al.]
  • 9-O-acetyl GD3 in lymphoid and erythroid cells / Kankana Mukherjee ... [et al.]
  • GM3 upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 possibly through PI3K, AKT, RICTOR, RHOGDI-2, and TNF-A pathways in mouse melanoma B16 cells / Pu Wang ... [et al.]
  • Pathological roles of ganglioside mimicry in Guillain-Barré syndrome and related neuropathies / Robert K. Yu ... [et al.]
  • Structure and function of glycolipids in thermophilic bacteria / Feng-Ling Yang, Yu-Liang Yang, and Shih-Hsiung Wu
  • Lipooligosaccharides of Neisseria species: similarity between N. polysaccharea and N. meningitidis LOSs / Chao-Ming Tsai
  • pt. 5. Structures and functions of complex carbohydrates. Roles for N- and O-glycans in early mouse development / Suzannah A. Williams and Pamela Stanley
  • Glycobiology in the field of gerontology (glycogerontology) / Akira Kobata
  • Galectins in regulation of apoptosis / Fu-Tong Liu ... [et al.]
  • Avian and human influenza virus receptors and their distribution / Yasuo Suzuki
  • Importance of a factor VIIIc-like glycoprotein expressed in capillary endothelial cells (eFactor VIIIe) in angiogenesis / Dipak K. Banerjee ... [et al.]
  • Mucin O-glycan branching enzymes: structure, function, and gene regulation / Pi-Wan Cheng and Prakash Radhakrishnan
  • Studying carbohydrate self-recognition in marine sponges using synthetic aggregation factor epitopes / Johannis P. Kamerling and Adriana Carvalho de Souza
  • Docking fo the chitin oligomers and nod factors on lectin domains of the LysM-RLK receptors in the Medicago-Rhizobium symbiosis / Pierre Rougé ... [et al.]
  • pt. 6. Glycoimmunology. O-acetylated sialic acides and their role in immune defense / Roland Schauer ... [et al.]
  • Sialylated and sulfated carbohydrate ligands for selectins and siglecs: involvement in traffic and homing of human memory T and B lymphocytes / Reiji Kannagi ... [et al.]
  • Diversity of natural anti-[alpha]-galactosyl antibodies in human serum / Elwira Lisowska and Maria Duk
  • Significance of serum glycoprotein profiles in spontaneous tolerance after liver allograft transplantation / Pei-Weng Wang and Tai-Long Pan
  • pt. 7. Glycobiology of cancer. Hematogenous metastasis: roles of CD44v and alternative sialofucosylated selectin ligands / Konstantinos Konstantopoulos and Susan N. Thomas
  • Regulation of glycosyltransferase genes in apoptotic breast cancer cells induced by L-PPMP and cisplatin / Rui Ma ... [et al.]
  • Aberrant glycosphingolipid expression and membrane organization in tumor cells: consequences on tumor-host interactions / Alessandro Prinetti ... [et al.]
  • Human KDN (deaminated neuraminic acid) and its elevated epxression in cancer cells: mechanism and significance / Sadako Inoue ... [et al.]
  • Polysialic acid bioengineering of cancer and neuronal cells by N-acyl sialic acid precursor treatment / Robert A. Pon, Wei Zhou, and Harold J. Jennings
  • pt. 8. Glyco applications. Synthesis of hemagglutinin-binding trisaccharides / Cheng-Chung Wang ... [et al.]
  • Fabrication and applications of glyconanomaterials / Po-Chiao Lin, Avijit Kumar Adak, and Chun-Cheng Lin
  • Glycan arrays to decipher the specificity of plant lectins / Els J.M. Van Damme ... [et al.]
  • Targeting c-type lectin for the treatment of flavivirus infections / Szu-Ting Chen ... [et al.]
  • Appendix
  • Index.