One could certainly highlight a conceptual resemblance between social interactions as the
basis of societies and civilizations and the ability of molecules to interact in a noncovalent …

Carbohydrates are the most abundant natural products. Besides their role in metabolism
and as structural building blocks, they are fundamental constituents of every cell surface …

Vaginal drug administration can improve prophylaxis and treatment of many conditions
affecting the female reproductive tract, including sexually transmitted diseases, fungal and …

C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) represent a large receptor family including collectins,
selectins, lymphocyte lectins, and proteoglycans. CLRs share a structurally homologous …

The HIV envelope glycoprotein gp120 takes advantage of the high‐mannose clusters on its
surface to target the C‐type lectin dendritic cell‐specific intracellular adhesion molecule‐3 …

Water-soluble glycofullerenes based on a hexakis-adduct of [60] fullerene with an
octahedral addition pattern are very attractive compounds providing a spherical presentation …

Suboptimal adherence, toxicity, drug resistance and viral reservoirs make the lifelong
treatment of HIV infection challenging. The emerging field of nanotechnology may play an …

Pentaerythritol and bis‐pentaerythritol scaffolds were used for the preparation of first
generation glycodendrimers bearing aryl α‐d‐mannopyranoside residues assembled using …

Abstract DC-SIGN is a C-type lectin receptor on antigen presenting cells (dendritic cells)
which has an important role in some viral infection, notably by HIV and Dengue virus (DV) …

Antigen mannosylation has been shown to be an effective approach to potentiate antigen
immunogenicity, due to the enhanced antigen uptake and presentation by APC. To …