(PDF) The Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates-3 By Albert M. Wu

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction to Glyco-Experiences

Chp 1: Serendipity in Scientific Discoveries: Some Examples in Glycosciences

Chp 2: My 30 Years Devotion to the N-linked Oligosaccharide Structures

Part 2: Blood group ABH/Le-related antigens

Chp 3: Human Blood Group ABH/Ii, Lea, b, x, y and Sialyl Lea, x Glycotopes, Internal Structures and Immunochemical Roles of Human Ovarian Cyst Glycoproteins

Chp 4: Lewis Glyco-Epitopes: Structure, Biosynthesis and Functions

Chp 5: An Unique Endo–ß-Galactosidase that Cleaves Both Blood Group A and B Glycotopes

Part 3: Lectins

Chp 6: Recognition Intensities of Mammalian Structural Units, Ligand Clusters and Polyvalency in the Lectin-Glycan Interaction Processes

Chp 7: Adhesion/Growth-Regulatory Galectins: Insights into their Ligand Selectivity Using Natural Glycoproteins and Glycotopes

Chp 8: Glycotope Structures and Intramolecular Affinity Factors of Plant Lectins for Tn/T Antigens

Chp 9: The Five Bacterial Lectins (PA-IL, PA-IIL, RSL, RS-IIL and CV-IIL) – Interactions with Diverse Animal Cells and Glycoproteins

Chp 10: On the Differential Sialic Acid Specificity of Lectins from Different Parts of Saraca indica

Chp 11: Regulation of Lectin Production by the Human Pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum: Effects of Choline, Trehalose and Ethanol

Chp 12: Non-Carbohydrate Mediated Interaction of Lectins with Plant Proteins

Chp 13: Novel Concepts about the Role of Lectins in the Plant Cell

Part 4: Structures and Functions of Glycolipids

Chp 14: Role of Gangliosides and of Plasma Membrane Associated Sialidase in the Process of Cell Membrane Organization

Chp 15: 9-O-Acetyl GD3 in Lymphoid and Erythroid Cells

Chp 16: GM3 Up-Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) Possibly through PI3K, AKT, RICTOR, RhoGDI-2 and TNF-a Pathways in Mouse Melanoma B16 Cells

Chp 17: Pathological Roles of Ganglioside Mimicry in Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Related Neuropathies

Chp 18: Structure and Function of Glycolipids in Thermophilic Bacteria

Chp 19: Lipooligosaccharides (LOSs) of Neisseria Species: Similarity between N. Polysaccharea and N. Meningitidis LOSs

Part 5: Structures and Functions of Complex Carbohydrates

Chp 20: Roles for N- and O-Glycans in Early Mouse Development

Chp 21: Glycobiology in the Field of Gerontology (Glycogerontology)

Chp 22: Galectins in Regulation of Apoptosis

Chp 23: Avian and Human Influenza Virus Receptors and their Distribution

Chp 24: Importance of a Factor VIIIc-Like Glycoprotein Expressed in Capillary Endothelial Cells (eFactor VIIIc) in Angiogenesis

Chp 25: Mucin O-Glycan Branching Enzymes: Structure, Function and Gene Regulation

Chp 26: Studying the Carbohydrate Self-Recognition in Marine Sponges Using Synthetic Aggregation Factor Epitopes

Chp 27: Docking of Chitin Oligomers and Nod Factors on LysM Lectin Domains of the LysM-RLK Receptors as a First Recognition Step for the Establishment of the Medicago truncatula-Rhizobium Symbiosis

Part 6: Glyco-Immunology

Chp 28: O-Acetylated Sialic Acids and their Role in Immune Defence

Chp 29: Sialylated and Sulfated Carbohydrate Ligands for Selectins and Siglecs – Involvement in Traffic and Homing of Human Memory T- and B- Lymphocytes

Chp 30: Diversity of Natural Anti-—-Galactosyl Antibodies in Human Serum

Chp 31: Prospective Highlights of Serum Glycoprotein Profiles in Spontaneous Tolerance after Liver Allograft Transplantation

Part 7: Glycobiology of Cancer

Chp 32: Hematogenous Metastasis: Roles of CD44v and Alternative Sialofucosylated Selectin Ligands

Chp 33: Regulation of Glycosyltransferase Genes in Apoptotic Breast Cancer Cells Induced by L-PPMP and cis-Platin

Chp 34: Aberrant Glycosphingolipid Expression and Membrane Organization in Tumor Cells. Consequences on Tumor-Host Interactions

Chp 35: Human KDN (Deaminated Neuraminic Acid) and its Elevated Expression in Cancer Cells – Mechanism and Significance

Chp 36: Polysialic Acid Bioengineering of Cancer and Neuronal Cells by N-Acyl Sialic Acid Precursor Treatment

Part 8: Glyco-Applications

Chp 37: Synthesis of Hemagglutinin-Binding Trisaccharides

Chp 38: Fabrication and Applications of Glyco-Nanomaterials

Chp 39: Glycan Arrays to Decipher the Specificity of Plant Lectins

Chp 40: Targeting C-Type Lectin for the Treatment of Flavivirus Infections

APPENDIX

INDEX