Biological roles of glycans

A Varki - Glycobiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Simple and complex carbohydrates (glycans) have long been known to play major
metabolic, structural and physical roles in biological systems. Targeted microbial binding to …

[HTML][HTML] IgG glycans in health and disease: Prediction, intervention, prognosis, and therapy

S Shkunnikova, A Mijakovac, L Sironic, M Hanic… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunoglobulin (IgG) glycosylation is a complex enzymatically controlled process, essential
for the structure and function of IgG. IgG glycome is relatively stable in the state of …

[HTML][HTML] CD68/macrosialin: not just a histochemical marker

DA Chistiakov, MC Killingsworth, VA Myasoedova… - Laboratory …, 2017 - Elsevier
CD68 is a heavily glycosylated glycoprotein that is highly expressed in macrophages and
other mononuclear phagocytes. Traditionally, CD68 is exploited as a valuable cytochemical …

The emerging role of complement proteins as a target for therapy of IgA nephropathy

DV Rizk, N Maillard, BA Julian, B Knoppova… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide
and a common cause of end-stage renal disease. Evaluation of a kidney biopsy is …

Structure of full-length human anti-PD1 therapeutic IgG4 antibody pembrolizumab

G Scapin, X Yang, WW Prosise, M McCoy… - Nature structural & …, 2015 - nature.com
Immunoglobulin G4 antibodies exhibit unusual properties with important biological
consequences. We report the structure of the human full-length IgG4 S228P anti-PD1 …

Immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation signatures in incident type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

A Birukov, B Plavša, F Eichelmann, O Kuxhaus… - Diabetes …, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE N-glycosylation is a functional posttranslational modification of
immunoglobulins (Igs). We hypothesized that specific IgG N-glycans are associated with …

IgG glycome in colorectal cancer

F Vučković, E Theodoratou, K Thaçi, M Timofeeva… - Clinical cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: Alternative glycosylation has significant structural and functional consequences on
IgG and consequently also on cancer immunosurveillance. Because of technological …

Profiling IgG N-glycans as potential biomarker of chronological and biological ages: A community-based study in a Han Chinese population

X Yu, Y Wang, J Kristic, J Dong, X Chu, S Ge, H Wang… - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
As an important post-translation modifying process, glycosylation significantly affects the
structure and function of immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules and is essential in many steps …

Unraveling the sugar code: the role of microbial extracellular glycans in plant–microbe interactions

A Wanke, M Malisic, S Wawra… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To defend against microbial invaders but also to establish symbiotic programs, plants need
to detect the presence of microbes through the perception of molecular signatures …

Regulation of antibody effector functions through IgG Fc N-glycosylation

I Quast, B Peschke, JD Lünemann - Cellular and molecular life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) antibodies are key effector proteins of the immune system.
They recognize antigens with high specificity and are indispensable for immunological …