Maintenance of cell surface glycan density by lectin-glycan interactions: a homeostatic and innate immune regulatory mechanism

Glycobiology. 2010 Sep;20(9):1061-4. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwq084. Epub 2010 Jun 14.

Authors

Tarun K Dam¹, C Fred Brewer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

PMID: 20548106
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq084

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Antigens, Surface / immunology
Antigens, Surface / metabolism*
Carbohydrate Sequence
Homeostasis / genetics
Homeostasis / immunology
Homeostasis / physiology*
Humans
Immunity, Innate / physiology*
Lectins / metabolism*
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Models, Biological
Molecular Sequence Data
N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases / genetics
N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases / metabolism
Polysaccharides / chemistry
Polysaccharides / immunology
Polysaccharides / metabolism*
Protein Binding / physiology

Substances

Antigens, Surface
Lectins
Polysaccharides
N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases
alpha-1,3-mannosylglycoprotein beta-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase