Advances in glycoside and oligosaccharide synthesis

CJ Crawford, PH Seeberger - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The structural complexity of glycans poses a serious challenge in the chemical synthesis of
glycosides, oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. Glycan complexity, determined by …

Polymers inspired by heparin and heparan sulfate for viral targeting

M Hoffmann, NL Snyder, L Hartmann - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heparin (HP) and heparan sulfate (HS) are linear, anionically charged polysaccharides well-
known for their diverse biological activities. While HP is generally localized in mast cells and …

Chemokine CXCL4 interactions with extracellular matrix proteoglycans mediate widespread immune cell recruitment independent of chemokine receptors

AL Gray, R Karlsson, ARE Roberts, AJL Ridley, N Pun… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Leukocyte recruitment from the vasculature into tissues is a crucial component of the
immune system but is also key to inflammatory disease. Chemokines are central to this …

HS, an ancient molecular recognition and information storage glycosaminoglycan, equips hs-proteoglycans with diverse matrix and cell-interactive properties …

AJ Hayes, J Melrose - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heparan sulfate is a ubiquitous, variably sulfated interactive glycosaminoglycan that
consists of repeating disaccharides of glucuronic acid and glucosamine that are subject to a …

Specific 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate domains regulate salivary gland basement membrane metabolism and epithelial differentiation

VN Patel, MH Aure, SH Choi, JR Ball, ED Lane… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Heparan sulfate (HS) regulation of FGFR function, which is essential for salivary gland (SG)
development, is determined by the immense structural diversity of sulfated HS domains. 3-O …

Increased 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate in Alzheimer's disease brain is associated with genetic risk gene HS3ST1

Z Wang, VN Patel, X Song, Y Xu, AM Kaminski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
HS3ST1 is a genetic risk gene associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and overexpressed
in patients, but how it contributes to the disease progression is unknown. We report the …

Role of extracellular matrix proteoglycans in immune cell recruitment

AL Gray, N Pun, AJL Ridley… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leucocyte recruitment is a critical component of the immune response and is central to our
ability to fight infection. Paradoxically, leucocyte recruitment is also a central component of …

Heparin-network-mediated long-lasting coatings on intravascular catheters for adaptive antithrombosis and antibacterial infection

L Liu, H Yu, L Wang, D Zhou, X Duan, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bacteria-associated infections and thrombosis, particularly catheter-related bloodstream
infections and catheter-related thrombosis, are life-threatening complications. Herein, we …

Chemokines form complex signals during inflammation and disease that can be decoded by extracellular matrix proteoglycans

AJL Ridley, Y Ou, R Karlsson, N Pun… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Chemokine-driven leukocyte recruitment is a key component of the immune response and of
various diseases. Therapeutically targeting the chemokine system in inflammatory disease …

A cationic motif upstream Engrailed2 homeodomain controls cell internalization through selective interaction with heparan sulfates

S Cardon, YP Hervis, G Bolbach, C Lopin-Bon… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Engrailed2 (En2) is a transcription factor that transfers from cell to cell through
unconventional pathways. The poorly understood internalization mechanism of this cationic …