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 …

Glycans are key participants in biological processes ranging from reproduction to cellular
communication to infection. Revealing glycan roles and the underlying molecular …

The modular synthesis of 7 libraries containing 51 self-assembling amphiphilic Janus
dendrimers with the monosaccharides d-mannose and d-galactose and the disaccharide d …

Human lectins are involved in a wide variety of biological processes, both physiological and
pathological, which have attracted the interest of the scientific community working in the …

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

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

Cancer immunity is dependent on dynamic interactions between T cells and dendritic cells
(DCs). Polymer-based nanoparticles target DC receptors to improve anticancer immune …

Abstract Dendritic cells (DCs) and Langerhans cells (LC) are professional antigen
presenting cells (APCs) that initiate humoral and cellular immune responses. Targeted …

DC-SIGN, a lectin discovered two decades ago, plays a relevant role in innate immunity.
Since its discovery, it has turned out to be a target for developing antiviral drugs based on …

We report the synthesis and characterization of gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) stabilized by a
mixture of zwitterionic and multivalent mannose ligands. Characterization of this …