Human sialoglycan ligands for immune inhibitory Siglecs

A Gonzalez-Gil, TA Li, J Kim, RL Schnaar - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Most human Siglecs (sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectins) are expressed on the
surfaces of overlapping subsets of immune cells, and most carry immunoreceptor tyrosine …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting myeloid cells for cancer immunotherapy: Siglec-7/9/10/15 and their ligands

K Boelaars, Y van Kooyk - Trends in Cancer, 2024 - cell.com
Advances in immunotherapy have revolutionized cancer treatment, yet many patients do not
show clinical responses. While most immunotherapies target T cells, myeloid cells are the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into Siglec-15 reveal glycosylation dependency for its interaction with T cells through integrin CD11b

MP Lenza, L Egia-Mendikute… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin 15 (Siglec-15) is an immune modulator and emerging
cancer immunotherapy target. However, limited understanding of its structure and …

Exploring regioselective fucosylation catalyzed by bacterial glycosyltransferases through substrate promiscuity and acceptor-mediated glycosylation

HK Tseng, HK Wang, CY Wu, CK Ni, CC Lin - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fucose in fucosylated glycans is primarily assembled at multiple sets of N-acetyllactosamine
(LN) and lacto-N-biose (LNB) units, which are known as Lewis antigens. The synthesis of …

Glycosyltransferases as versatile tools to study the biology of glycans

JM Kofsky, JL Babulic, ME Boddington… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
All cells are decorated with complex carbohydrate structures called glycans that serve as
ligands for glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) to mediate a wide range of biological processes …

Enzyme cascades for the synthesis of nucleotide sugars: Updates to recent production strategies

H Frohnmeyer, L Elling - Carbohydrate Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleotide sugars play an elementary role in nature as building blocks of glycans,
polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food …

Recent advances in enzymatic and chemoenzymatic synthesis of N-and O-glycans

ZF Hu, K Zhong, H Cao - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications of proteins, which
plays essential roles in regulating the biological functions of proteins. Efficient and versatile …

One-step selective labeling of native cell surface sialoglycans by exogenous α2, 8-sialylation

JL Babulic, JM Kofsky, ME Boddington… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exo-enzymatic glycan labeling strategies have emerged as versatile tools for efficient and
selective installation of terminal glyco-motifs onto live cell surfaces. Through employing …

Enzymatic synthesis of xylan microparticles with tunable morphologies

PJ Smith, TM Curry, JY Yang, WJ Barnes… - ACS Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Xylans are a diverse family of hemicellulosic polysaccharides found in abundance within the
cell walls of nearly all flowering plants. Unfortunately, naturally occurring xylans are highly …

Biocatalytic approaches to building blocks for enzymatic and chemical glycan synthesis

JP Dolan, SC Cosgrove, GJ Miller - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
While the field of biocatalysis has bloomed over the past 20–30 years, advances in the
understanding and improvement of carbohydrate-active enzymes, in particular, the sugar …