CD33 isoforms in microglia and Alzheimer's disease: Friend and foe

G Eskandari-Sedighi, J Jung, MS Macauley - Molecular Aspects of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of neurodegenerative disease and is
considered the main cause of dementia worldwide. Genome-wide association studies …

Sialylated glycoproteins and sialyltransferases in digestive cancers: mechanisms, diagnostic biomarkers, and therapeutic targets

SZ Zhang, A Lobo, PF Li, YF Zhang - Critical Reviews in Oncology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sialic acid (SA), as the ultimate epitope of polysaccharides, can act as a cap at the end of
polysaccharide chains to prevent their overextension. Sialylation is the enzymatic process of …

N-acetylneuraminic acid links immune exhaustion and accelerated memory deficit in diet-induced obese Alzheimer's disease mouse model

S Suzzi, T Croese, A Ravid, O Gold, AR Clark… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Systemic immunity supports lifelong brain function. Obesity posits a chronic burden on
systemic immunity. Independently, obesity was shown as a risk factor for Alzheimer's …

Opposing effects of ApoE2 and ApoE4 on glycolytic metabolism in neuronal aging supports a warburg neuroprotective cascade against Alzheimer's disease

X Zhang, L Wu, RH Swerdlow, L Zhao - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is the most recognized genetic risk factor for late-onset
Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), whereas ApoE2 reduces the risk for LOAD. The underlying …

Construction of porous perovskite oxide microrods with Au nanoparticle anchor for precise metabolic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, F Shi, Y Yan, C Deng… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive illness, and early diagnosis and treatment can
help delay its progression. However, clinics still lack high‐throughput, low‐invasive, precise …

Enhanced Detection of Charged N-Glycans in the Brain by Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Imaging

J Samal, TV Palomino, J Chen, DC Muddiman… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
N-linked glycosylation represents a structurally diverse, complex, co-and posttranslational
protein modification that bridges metabolism and cellular signaling. Consequently, aberrant …

Molecule-induced n-type behavior of phosphorene-based field-effect transistor for highly sensitive detection of sialic acid

H Asgharian, M Khodayari, M Rajabali… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-concentration detection of sialic acid (SA) seems to be a promising method in early
cancer prognosis. In this work, a phosphorene-based field-effect-transistor (Ph-FET) device …

Polysialic acid in the immune system

TM Villanueva-Cabello… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Polysialic acid (polySia) is a highly regulated polymer of sialic acid (Sia) with such potent
biophysical characteristics that when expressed drastically influences the interaction …

Lanthanide complexes for tumor diagnosis and therapy by targeting sialic acid

JL Wang, XY Hu, CG Han, SY Hou, HS Wang… - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sialic acid (SA) is overexpressed on cell membranes of tumor cells, and increased serum
SA concentration has been observed in tumor-bearing patients. Herein, a series of …

Engineering adenoviral vectors with improved GBM selectivity

EA Bates, C Lovatt, AR Plein, JA Davies… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive adult brain cancer with an average
survival rate of around 15 months in patients receiving standard treatment. Oncolytic …