Glycosylation as a key parameter in the design of nucleic acid vaccines

A Ozdilek, FY Avci - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Vaccine-induced immunity is expected to target the native antigens expressed by the
pathogens. Therefore, it is highly important to generate vaccine antigens that are …

Sweet systems: technologies for glycomic analysis and their integration into systems biology

S Chen, R Qin, LK Mahal - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Found in virtually every organism, glycans are essential molecules that play important roles
in almost every aspect of biology. The composition of glycome, the repertoire of glycans in …

Single-cell glycomics analysis by CyTOF-Lec reveals glycan features defining cells differentially susceptible to HIV

T Ma, M McGregor, L Giron, G Xie, AF George… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
High-parameter single-cell phenotyping has enabled in-depth classification and
interrogation of immune cells, but to date has not allowed for glycan characterization. Here …

Glycan–lectin interactions in cancer and viral infections and how to disrupt them

SM Kremsreiter, ASH Kroell, K Weinberger… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glycan–lectin interactions play an essential role in different cellular processes. One of their
main functions is involvement in the immune response to pathogens or inflammation …

Deep learning explains the biology of branched glycans from single-cell sequencing data

R Qin, LK Mahal, D Bojar - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Glycosylation is ubiquitous and often dysregulated in disease. However, the regulation and
functional significance of various types of glycosylation at cellular levels is hard to unravel …

The host glycomic response to pathogens

R Qin, LK Mahal - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pathogens alter host glycosylation through a variety of mechanisms.•During
infection, host immunity is directly modulated by changes in the host glycome.•Infection …

Lectins from plants and algae act as anti-viral against HIV, influenza and coronaviruses

S Naik, S Kumar - Molecular Biology Reports, 2022 - Springer
Background Carbohydrate–lectin interactions are extremely specific as the lectin is capable
of recognising monomeric and oligomeric sugars in a reversible manner. It has been known …

In planta production of the receptor-binding domain from SARS-CoV-2 with human blood group A glycan structures

J König-Beihammer, U Vavra, YJ Shin, C Veit… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glycosylation of viral envelope proteins is important for infectivity and immune evasion. The
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is heavily glycosylated and host-derived glycan modifications …

Infection and the Glycome─ New Insights into Host Response

FI Mohideen, LK Mahal - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2024 - ACS Publications
Glycans play critical roles in the host–pathogen interactions leading to infection. However,
we still understand very little about the dynamic nature of glycosylation in response to …

Impact of glycosylation on viral vaccines

A Lembo, A Molinaro, C De Castro, F Berti… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is the most prominent modification important for vaccines and its specific
pattern depends on several factors that need to be considered when developing a new …