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Glycans in cell interaction and recognition : therapeutic aspects /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Aubery, Michèle
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Harwood Academic Publishers, [2001]
Subjects:
Cell Communication.
Glycoconjugates > adverse effects.
Glycoconjugates > metabolism.
Neoplasms > etiology.
Polysaccharides > adverse effects.
Polysaccharides > metabolism.
Cell interaction.
Glycoconjugates.
Table of Contents:
  • General aspects
  • Biosynthesis of membrane glycoproteins
  • Structure and analysis of glycoprotein-associated oligosaccharides
  • General overview of the structure, synthesis and degradation of glycosaminoglycans and glycolipids
  • Basement membrane and extracellular matrix organization
  • Membrane lectins as adhesion receptors
  • Relevance to pathology and therapeutic aspects
  • Involvement of bisecting n-acetylglucosamine in cancer
  • β1,6 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V is a determinant of cancer growth and metastasis
  • β(1-6)-N-acetylglucosamine-branched N-glycans in normal and pathological lymphocyte behaviour
  • Roles of glycans in bacterial infections: interaction host-mycobacteria
  • Neuropathologies involving endogenous lectins and their ligands
  • Low-tech mannose therapy for protein glycosylation deficiencies
  • Glycoconjugates as vectors for gene and oligonucleotide delivery.