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Main description:
Based on the third symposium on "Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates," this text covers the latest in glycotopes, structures and functions of complex carbohydrates, recognition factors of lectins, biomolecular interactions and other glycosciences.
This volume highlights the informative events of the Symposium on Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates III, held at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, on July 15-20, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction to Glyco-Experiences
Chp 1: Serendipity in Scientific Discoveries: Some Examples in Glycosciences
Chp 2: My 30 Years Devotion to the N-linked Oligosaccharide Structures
Part 2: Blood group ABH/Le-related antigens
Chp 3: Human Blood Group ABH/Ii, Lea, b, x, y and Sialyl Lea, x Glycotopes, Internal Structures and Immunochemical Roles of Human Ovarian Cyst Glycoproteins
Chp 4: Lewis Glyco-Epitopes: Structure, Biosynthesis and Functions
Chp 5: An Unique Endo- -Galactosidase that Cleaves Both Blood Group A and B Glycotopes
Part 3: Lectins
Chp 6: Recognition Intensities of Mammalian Structural Units, Ligand Clusters and Polyvalency in the Lectin-Glycan Interaction Processes
Chp 7: Adhesion/Growth-Regulatory Galectins: Insights into their Ligand Selectivity Using Natural Glycoproteins and Glycotopes
Chp 8: Glycotope Structures and Intramolecular Affinity Factors of Plant Lectins for Tn/T Antigens
Chp 9: The Five Bacterial Lectins (PA-IL, PA-IIL, RSL, RS-IIL and CV-IIL) - Interactions with Diverse Animal Cells and Glycoproteins
Chp 10: On the Differential Sialic Acid Specificity of Lectins from Different Parts of Saraca indica
Chp 11: Regulation of Lectin Production by the Human Pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum: Effects of Choline, Trehalose and Ethanol
Chp 12: Non-Carbohydrate Mediated Interaction of Lectins with Plant Proteins
Chp 13: Novel Concepts about the Role of Lectins in the Plant Cell
Part 4: Structures and Functions of Glycolipids
Chp 14: Role of Gangliosides and of Plasma Membrane Associated Sialidase in the Process of Cell Membrane Organization
Chp 15: 9-O-Acetyl GD3 in Lymphoid and Erythroid Cells
Chp 16: GM3 Up-Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) Possibly through PI3K, AKT, RICTOR, RhoGDI-2 and TNF- Pathways in Mouse Melanoma B16 Cells
Chp 17: Pathological Roles of Ganglioside Mimicry in Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Related Neuropathies
Chp 18: Structure and Function of Glycolipids in Thermophilic Bacteria
Chp 19: Lipooligosaccharides (LOSs) of Neisseria Species: Similarity between N. Polysaccharea and N. Meningitidis LOSs
Part 5: Structures and Functions of Complex Carbohydrates
Chp 20: Roles for N- and O-Glycans in Early Mouse Development
Chp 21: Glycobiology in the Field of Gerontology (Glycogerontology)
Chp 22: Galectins in Regulation of Apoptosis
Chp 23: Avian and Human Influenza Virus Receptors and their Distribution
Chp 24: Importance of a Factor VIIIc-Like Glycoprotein Expressed in Capillary Endothelial Cells (eFactor VIIIc) in Angiogenesis
Chp 25: Mucin O-Glycan Branching Enzymes: Structure, Function and Gene Regulation
Chp 26: Studying the Carbohydrate Self-Recognition in Marine Sponges Using Synthetic Aggregation Factor Epitopes
Chp 27: Docking of Chitin Oligomers and Nod Factors on LysM Lectin Domains of the LysM-RLK Receptors as a First Recognition Step for the Establishment of the Medicago truncatula-Rhizobium Symbiosis
Part 6: Glyco-Immunology
Chp 28: O-Acetylated Sialic Acids and their Role in Immune Defence
Chp 29: Sialylated and Sulfated Carbohydrate Ligands for Selectins and Siglecs - Involvement in Traffic and Homing of Human Memory T- and B- Lymphocytes
Chp 30: Diversity of Natural Anti- -Galactosyl Antibodies in Human Serum
Chp 31: Prospective Highlights of Serum Glycoprotein Profiles in Spontaneous Tolerance after Liver Allograft Transplantation
Part 7: Glycobiology of Cancer
Chp 32: Hematogenous Metastasis: Roles of CD44v and Alternative Sialofucosylated Selectin Ligands
Chp 33: Regulation of Glycosyltransferase Genes in Apoptotic Breast Cancer Cells Induced by L-PPMP and cis-Platin
Chp 34: Aberrant Glycosphingolipid Expression and Membrane Organization in Tumor Cells. Consequences on Tumor-Host Interactions
Chp 35: Human KDN (Deaminated Neuraminic Acid) and its Elevated Expression in Cancer Cells - Mechanism and Significance
Chp 36: Polysialic Acid Bioengineering of Cancer and Neuronal Cells by N-Acyl Sialic Acid Precursor Treatment
Part 8: Glyco-Applications
Chp 37: Synthesis of Hemagglutinin-Binding Trisaccharides
Chp 38: Fabrication and Applications of Glyco-Nanomaterials
Chp 39: Glycan Arrays to Decipher the Specificity of Plant Lectins
Chp 40: Targeting C-Type Lectin for the Treatment of Flavivirus Infections
APPENDIX
INDEX
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Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: June, 2011
Pages: 844
Weight: 1430g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology, Oncology
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