Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) as one major part of the glycocalyx are involved in many
essential biological cell processes, as well as in many courses of diseases. Because of the …

A code is defined by the nature of the symbols, which are used to generate information‐
storing combinations (eg oligo‐and polymers). Like nucleic acids and proteins, oligo‐and …

Precise translation of glycan-encoded information into cellular activity depends critically on
highly specific functional pairing between glycans and their human lectin counter receptors …

This review is the eighth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI) mass spectrometry …

Summary Oligo-N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) and keratan sulfate (KS) glycans exert
crucial functions in disease-relevant processes, including cancer formation, inflammation …

A large number of different sets of orthogonal protecting groups have been developed and
used in carbohydrate chemistry over the last decade. These orthogonal sets are collected …

Type-I and Type-II LacNAc are Gal-GlcNAc disaccharides bearing a β1, 3-or β1, 4-linkage
respectively. They exist as the backbones of Lewis antigens that are highly expressed in …

The small 3-O-sulfated galactose head group of sulfatides, an abundant glycosphingolipid
class, poses the (sphinx-like) riddle on involvement of glycan bridging by tissue lectins …

A hallmark of endogenous lectins is their ability to select a few distinct glycoconjugates as
counterreceptors for functional pairing from the natural abundance of cellular glycoproteins …

Glycosaminoglycan chains of keratan sulfate proteoglycans appear to be physiologically
significant by pairing with tissue lectins. Here, we used NMR spectroscopy and molecular …