The emerging role of the mammalian glycocalyx in functional membrane organization and immune system regulation

L Möckl - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
All cells in the human body are covered by a dense layer of sugars and the proteins and
lipids to which they are attached, collectively termed the “glycocalyx.” For decades, the …

Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells

RA Flynn, K Pedram, SA Malaker, PJ Batista… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Glycans modify lipids and proteins to mediate inter-and intramolecular interactions across all
domains of life. RNA is not thought to be a major target of glycosylation. Here, we challenge …

Insights into the role of sialylation in cancer metastasis, immunity, and therapeutic opportunity

J Huang, J Huang, G Zhang - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sialylation is the synthetic process of sialoglycans, which are important in
tumor transformation, proliferation, metastasis, and immune evasion. The primary subjects of …

Siglec-15/sialic acid axis as a central glyco-immune checkpoint in breast cancer bone metastasis

Y Wang, Z Xu, KL Wu, L Yu, C Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Immunotherapy is a promising approach for treating metastatic breast cancer (MBC), offering
new possibilities for therapy. While checkpoint inhibitors have shown great progress in the …

DNA origami protection and molecular interfacing through engineered sequence-defined peptoids

ST Wang, MA Gray, S Xuan, Y Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
DNA nanotechnology has established approaches for designing programmable and
precisely controlled nanoscale architectures through specific Watson− Crick base-pairing …

The modified RNA base acp3U is an attachment site for N-glycans in glycoRNA

Y **e, P Chai, NA Till, H Hemberger, CG Lebedenko… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
GlycoRNA consists of RNAs modified with secretory N-glycans that are presented on the cell
surface. Although previous work supported a covalent linkage between RNA and glycans …

Mammalian Y RNAs are modified at discrete guanosine residues with N-glycans

RA Flynn, BAH Smith, AG Johnson, K Pedram… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Glycans modify lipids and proteins to mediate inter-and intramolecular interactions across all
domains of life. RNA, another multifaceted biopolymer, is not thought to be a major target of …

Lysosome targeting chimeras (LYTACs) that engage a liver-specific asialoglycoprotein receptor for targeted protein degradation

G Ahn, S Banik, CL Miller, N Riley, JR Cochran… - 2020 - chemrxiv.org
Selective protein degradation platforms have afforded new development opportunities for
therapeutics and tools for biological inquiry. The first lysosome targeting chimeras (LYTACs) …

Subthreshold voltage analysis demonstrates neuronal cell-surface sialic acids modulate excitability and network integration

RU Kulkarni, CL Wang, CR Bertozzi - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
All neurons are covered in a thick layer of carbohydrates called glycans. Glycans are
modified during neurological processes and are thought to play a role in neuronal …

Glycocalyx engineering approaches with polymers to impart immunomodulation for various therapies

H Luo - 2023 - open.library.ubc.ca
The endothelial glycocalyx is a dynamic structure on the cell surface comprised of various
components, including glycoproteins, proteoglycans and glycolipids. This structure helps …