[HTML][HTML] Reading the glyco-code: New approaches to studying protein–carbohydrate interactions

S Wisnovsky, CR Bertozzi - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The surface of all living cells is decorated with carbohydrate molecules. Hundreds of
functional proteins bind to these glycosylated ligands; such binding events subsequently …

[HTML][HTML] Alterations in heparan sulfate proteoglycan synthesis and sulfation and the impact on vascular endothelial function

D Pretorius, RP Richter, T Anand, JC Cardenas… - Matrix Biology Plus, 2022 - Elsevier
The glycocalyx attached to the apical surface of vascular endothelial cells is a rich network
of proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans, and glycoproteins with instrumental roles in vascular …

Spatiotemporal diversity and regulation of glycosaminoglycans in cell homeostasis and human disease

A Basu, NG Patel, ED Nicholson… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are long, linear polysaccharides that are ubiquitously
expressed on the cell surface and in the extracellular matrix of all animal cells. These …

[HTML][HTML] From cell to symptoms: The role of SARS-CoV-2 cytopathic effects in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 and long COVID

P Gonzalez-Garcia, O Fiorillo Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection triggers various
events from molecular to tissue level, which in turn is given by the intrinsic characteristics of …

[HTML][HTML] Bioengineered heparin: Advances in production technology

R Sultana, M Kamihira - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Heparin, a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan, is considered an indispensable anticoagulant
with diverse therapeutic applications and has been a mainstay in medical practice for nearly …

Novel insight into glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis based on gene expression profiles

YF Huang, S Mizumoto, M Fujita - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) including chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, heparan
sulfate, and keratan sulfate, except for hyaluronan that is a free polysaccharide, are …

Genome-wide screens uncover KDM2B as a modifier of protein binding to heparan sulfate

RJ Weiss, PN Spahn, AWT Chiang, Q Liu, J Li… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans bind extracellular proteins that participate in cell
signaling, attachment and endocytosis. These interactions depend on the arrangement of …

Genome-wide Cas9-mediated screening of essential non-coding regulatory elements via libraries of paired single-guide RNAs

Y Li, M Tan, A Akkari-Henić, L Zhang, M Kip… - Nature Biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
The functions of non-coding regulatory elements (NCREs), which constitute a major fraction
of the human genome, have not been systematically studied. Here we report a method …

A 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate dodecasaccharide (12-mer) suppresses thromboinflammation and attenuates early organ injury following trauma and hemorrhagic …

MPH Vidaurre, BK Osborn, KD Lowak… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Dysregulated inflammation and coagulation are underlying mechanisms driving
organ injury after trauma and hemorrhagic shock. Heparan sulfates, cell surface …

Integrative single-cell characterization of a frugivorous and an insectivorous bat kidney and pancreas

WE Gordon, S Baek, HP Nguyen, YM Kuo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Frugivory evolved multiple times in mammals, including bats. However, the cellular and
molecular components driving it remain largely unknown. Here, we use integrative single …