Exploration of the sialic acid world

R Schauer, JP Kamerling - Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sialic acids are cytoprotectors, mainly localized on the surface of cell membranes with
multiple and outstanding cell biological functions. The history of their structural analysis …

Sialic acids in cancer biology and immunity

OMT Pearce, H Läubli - Glycobiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
During malignant transformation, glycosylation is heavily altered compared with healthy
tissue due to differential expression of glycosyltransferases, glycosidases and …

[HTML][HTML] Biological functions and analytical strategies of sialic acids in tumor

X Zhou, G Yang, F Guan - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sialic acids, a subset of nine carbon acidic sugars, often exist as the terminal sugars of
glycans on either glycoproteins or glycolipids on the cell surface. Sialic acids play important …

A recurrent de novo mutation in KCNC1 causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy

M Muona, SF Berkovic, LM Dibbens, KL Oliver… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a group of rare, inherited disorders
manifesting with action myoclonus, tonic-clonic seizures and ataxia. We sequenced the …

Mammalian sialidases: physiological and pathological roles in cellular functions

T Miyagi, K Yamaguchi - Glycobiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Sialic acids are terminal acidic monosaccharides, which influence the chemical and
biological features of glycoconjugates. Their removal catalyzed by a sialidase modulates …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue virus NS1 cytokine-independent vascular leak is dependent on endothelial glycocalyx components

DR Glasner, K Ratnasiri, H Puerta-Guardo… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent, medically important mosquito-borne virus.
Disease ranges from uncomplicated dengue to life-threatening disease, characterized by …

Cancer-associated lysosomal changes: friends or foes?

T Kallunki, OD Olsen, M Jäättelä - Oncogene, 2013 - nature.com
Rapidly dividing and invasive cancer cells are strongly dependent on effective lysosomal
function. Accordingly, transformation and cancer progression are characterized by dramatic …

[HTML][HTML] Sialic acid metabolism and sialyltransferases: natural functions and applications

Y Li, X Chen - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
Sialic acids are a family of negatively charged monosaccharides which are commonly
presented as the terminal residues in glycans of the glycoconjugates on eukaryotic cell …

[HTML][HTML] The classification of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias: a consensus statement from the society for research on the cerebellum and ataxias task force

M Beaudin, A Matilla-Dueñas, BW Soong, JL Pedroso… - The Cerebellum, 2019 - Springer
There is currently no accepted classification of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias, a
group of disorders characterized by important genetic heterogeneity and complex …

Sialidase inhibitors with different mechanisms

JM Keil, GR Rafn, IM Turan, MA Aljohani… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sialidases, or neuraminidases, are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sialic acid (Sia)-
containing molecules, mostly removal of the terminal Sia (desialylation). By desialylation …