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Targeting the C-type Lectins-Mediated Host-Pathogen Interactions with Dextran

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014
Dextran, the α-1,6-linked glucose polymer widely used in biology and medicine, promises new applications. Linear dextran applied as a blood plasma substitute demonstrates a high rate of biocompatibility.
Sergey Pustylnikov, Divya Sagar, Pooja Jain, Zafar K Khan   +3 more
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Glyco-biomarkers: Potential determinants of cellular physiology and pathology [PDF]

, 2008
Once dismissed as just the icing on the cake, sugar molecules are emerging as vital components in life’s intricate machinery. Our understanding of their function within the context of the proteins and lipids to which they are attached has matured rapidly,
Alavi, A, Axford, JS
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Alcohol‐induced altered glycans in human tracheal epithelial cells promote bacterial adhesion

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Alcohol induces altered glycans to promote bacteria adhesion. Heavy alcohol drinking is known to increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. However, the link between alcohol levels and risk of infection remains underexplored. Recently, we found that alcohol induced α2‐6sialo mucin O‐glycans in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells, which mediated the ...
Pi‐Wan Cheng, Souvik Datta, Derrick R. Samuelson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Necrosis: C-Type Lectins Sense Cell Death [PDF]

Current Biology, 2009
Recent studies have shown that C-type lectins, a family of surface receptors known to recognize microbial carbohydrate moieties, also sense products from dying cells and transduce inflammatory signals that modulate the immune system.
Cambi, A., Figdor, C.G.
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Immune‐Driven Expression in Inclusion Body Myositis With T‐Cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives T‐cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia (T‐LGLL), reported in up to 58% of inclusion body myositis (IBM) patients, is a rare leukemia of cytotoxic or less commonly helper T cells. The range of myopathies in T‐LGLL and the impact of coexisting T‐LGLL in IBM are not well understood. Our objectives are to investigate the spectrum of
Pannathat Soontrapa, Iago Pinal‐Fernandez, Pritikanta Paul, Michael P. Skolka, Margherita Milone, Min Shi, Mithun V. Shah, Maria Casal‐Dominguez, Katherine Pak, Andrew L. Mammen, Teerin Liewluck   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential effect of plant lectins on mast cells of different origins

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2005
Histamine release induced by plant lectins was studied with emphasis on the carbohydrate specificity, external calcium requirement, metal binding sites, and mast cell heterogeneity and on the importance of antibodies bound to the mast cell membrane to ...
F.C. Lopes, B.S. Cavada, V.P.T. Pinto, A.H. Sampaio, J.C. Gomes   +4 more
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Multifunctional Snake C-Type Lectins Affecting Platelets [PDF]

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, 2001
Snake venoms contain a wide range of components, many of which affect haemostasis by activation or inhibition of platelets or coagulation factors. They can be classified into groups based on structure and mode of action. One group is the snake C-type lectins, so called because of the typical folding which closely resembles that found in classical C ...
K J, Clemetson, A, Navdaev, D, Dörmann, X Y, Du, J M, Clemetson   +4 more
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A Depolarizing Leak in Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter NBCe1 Causes Brain Edema

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives SLC4A4 encodes electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1, prominently expressed in kidney and brain. Recessive loss‐of‐function variants in SLC4A4 cause proximal renal tubular acidosis, no brain edema. In the brain, NBCe1 is expressed by astrocytes, where it regulates pH and mediates astrocyte volume changes.
Quinty Bisseling, Mark D. Parker, Sven Kerst, Richard A. Pasternack, Jacob Tondreau, Marjolein Breur, Gemma M. van Rooijen‐van Leeuwen, Davide Tonduti, Ettore Salsano, Alejandra Darling, Joanna A. E. van Wijk, Susanna Törnroth‐Horsefield, Marianna Bugiani, Petra J. W. Pouwels, Quinten Waisfisz, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Rogier Min   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

A survey of domestic species of Basidiomycetes fungi for the presence of lectins inn their carpophores

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014
Preliminary investigations were conducted to determine the presence of active lectins in carpophores of fungi from the class Basidiomycetes, collected from natural localities in southern and south-eastern Poland.
Grażyna Końska
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High glucose disrupts oligosaccharide recognition function via competitive inhibition : a potential mechanism for immune dysregulation in diabetes mellitus [PDF]

, 2011
Diabetic complications include infection and cardiovascular disease. Within the immune system, host-pathogen and regulatory host-host interactions operate through binding of oligosaccharides by C-type lectin.
Ahmed, Bee K. Tan, Botto, Bouyain, Caparros, Carlow, Ceriello, Chaipan, Daniel A. Mitchell, Daniel Zehnder, Devaraj, Elizabeth J. Soilleux, Feinberg, Fernandez-Real, Geijtenbeek, Geijtenbeek, Geijtenbeek, Ghanim, Gringhuis, Guo, Harpal S. Randeva, Held, Hendrik Lehnert, Holman, Ip, Krutzik, Lee, Lillegard, Mitchell, Moller-Kristensen, Nauta, Paidassi, Paul Townsend, Permana, Pohlmann, Reading, Rebecca Ilyas, Robert B. Sim, Russell Wallis, Savill, Schilder, Seelen, Soilleux, Strong, Stuart, Turner, Turner, UKPDS, Wallis, Walport, Walport, Weis, Weis, Worthley, Zeyda   +54 more
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