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'A-Like' tumor antigens
[[Pathology]] ====See Also==== * [[Aberrent glycosylation in malignant and pre-malignant states]] * [[Forssman . . . BGAs unrelated to the RBC. =====Tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens related to blood group carbohydrates===== . . . studies have revealed the alteration of carbohydrate structures of cell membrane glycolipids, . . . examination of the blood group carbohydrate antigens in various cancer tissues have . . . following results. 1) Incomplete synthesis of carbohydrate chains (e.g. loss of ABO antigens) 2) . . .
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Aberrent glycosylation in malignant and pre-malignant states
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [['A-Like' tumor antigens]] * [[Thomsen-Friedenreich (T-Tn) antigen]] . . . antibodies were directed against carbohydrate epitopes, especially against those borne . . .
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Albert Neuberger
[[Glycomics]] ====Biography==== 1908-1996 Albert Neuberger was one of the most distinguished leaders . . . research. ====Abstracts==== <include "Carbohydrates in protein. The carbohydrate component . . .
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Amino Sugar
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Carbohydrate]] * [[Glycans]] ====Description==== A [[monosaccharide]], . . . has increased rapidly. They have provided the carbohydrate chemist with new and challenging problems . . .
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Antigen, ABH
[[Immunology]] ====See Also==== * [[Blood group antigen proteins (chart)]] * [[Antigen]] * [[ABO Antibodies]] . . . as a result of [[polymorphism]] of complex carbohydrate structrures of [[glycoproteins]] and [[glycolipids]] . . . composed of approximately 80 per cent carbohydrate and 20 per cent amino acids. They are . . . an [[N-acetylgalactosamine]] residue. The carbohydrate moiety of the ABH and Lewis glycoproteins . . . of sugars at the terminal nonreducing end of the carbohydrate chains. The number of chains bearing antigenic . . .
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Blood Group Antigens as a Self-Declaration Mechanism
[[Polymorphism]] ====See Also==== * [[Antigen, ABH]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Blood . . .
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Carbohydrate
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Galactose]] * [[Mannose]] * [[Fucose]] ====Description==== Carbohydrates . . . Fischer], who thereby laid the foundations of carbohydrate chemistry. ====Water of Carbon==== The . . . name carbohydrate was originally assigned to compounds thought . . . resemblance to the original "water of carbon." Carbohydrates now include polyhydroxy aldehydes, ketones, . . . 14: 272-276.}}) Much of the current interest in carbohydrates is focused on such substances as [[glycoproteins]] . . .
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Carbohydrate antigens sialyl Lewis A and sialyl Lewis X and adhesion of human cancer cells to vascular endothelium
[[References]] ====Carbohydrate antigens sialyl Lewis A and sialyl Lewis X and adhesion of human cancer . . . Tsuyuoka K, Hasegawa A, Kiso M, Kannagi R. * The carbohydrate antigen, sialyl Lex, is known to be a . . . cells. Recently, we reported that another carbohydrate antigen, sialyl Lea, can also serve as . . . In order to assess the contribution of these carbohydrate antigens to the adhesion of human malignant . . .
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Carbohydrates in protein. The carbohydrate component of crystalline egg albumin
[[References]] ====Carbohydrates in protein The carbohydrate component of crystalline egg albumin==== . . .
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Carcinogen
[[Pathology]] ====See Also==== * [[Mutation]] * [[Oxidative stress]] * [[Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons . . . implicated acrylamide in fried or overheated carbohydrate foods (such as french fries and potato . . .
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Celiac Disease (Sprue), ABO and Secretor Blood Types
[[Pathology]] ====See Also==== * [[The C282Y mutation may have been positively selected as it mitigates . . . lectin]. Yet gluten has been shown to bind to carbohydrate rich tissues much like a lectin, and to . . .
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Co Enzyme A
[[Biochemistry]] ====See Also==== ====Description==== '''Coenzyme A''' (CoA, CoASH, or HSCoA) is a coenzyme, . . . A is very central to the balance between carbohydrate metabolism and fat metabolism. Normally, . . . diabetes, starvation or in people following low-carbohydrate diets, all of which can cause fats to . . .
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Complement System
[[Immunology]] ====See Also==== * [[Collectin]] * [[Opsonization]] * [[Mannan-binding lectin (MBL)]] . . . of microorganisms through the interaction of carbohydrates on their surfaces and MBP or other collectins . . .
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E. Coli Infection and ABO Blood Groups
[[Polymorphism]] ====See Also==== * [[Adhesins]] * [http://www.dadamo.com/lecster2/Lecster-read.pl?show=224 . . . blood group ABH antigens, and that these are carbohydrates associated with membrane lipopolysaccharides. . . .
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FUT3
[[Nutrigenomics]] ====See Also==== * [[FUT1]] * [[FUT2]] * [[FUT4]] * [[19q13.3]] * [[Lewis antigens]] . . . sialyl Le(a) tetrasaccharide, a tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen. Fucosyltransferases are thought . . . on the role of FUT3 in the synthesis of this carbohydrate structure and more studies on the regulation . . .
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Forssman antigen
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Thomsen-Friedenreich (T-Tn) antigen]] * [['A-Like' tumor antigens]] . . . humans, which are incapable of adding the last carbohydrate in the sequence of the Forssman antigen, . . .
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Fucoidan
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Selectins]] * [[Fucose]] * [[Fucus vesiculosis (Bladderwrack)]] ====Description==== . . . of this fucan using definitive methods of carbohydrate structural analysis. . . .
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Galectins
[[Lectinology]] ====See Also==== * [http://www.dadamo.com/lecster2/Lecster-search.pl?search=galectin&order_by=Species&order=abc . . . in Lecster 5] * [[Adhesins]] * [[Cadherins]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Galactose]] . . . in different biological processes requiring carbohydrate recognition such as cell adhesion, cell . . .
3K - last updated 2006-06-11 22:11 UTC by TomGreenfield
Glycoconjugates
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[ABH Antigens]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Glycolipids]] . . . are simply molecules which have a carbohydrate bonded to a fat or protein. When bonded . . . are called ‘glycolipids’. When carbohydrates are bonded to proteins, they are called . . . A glycoprotein is a compound containing carbohydrate (or [[glycans]]) covalently linked to . . . protein. The carbohydrate may be in the form of a monosaccharide, . . .
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Glycomics
Glycomics, or [[glycobiology]] is a discipline of biology that deals with the structure and function . . . with proteins). The identity of the entirety of carbohydrates in an organism is thus collectively referred . . .
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Glycoproteins
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Glycoconjugates]] * [[Carbohydrate]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological . . . is a macromolecule composed of a protein and a carbohydrate (an [[oligosaccharide]]). The addition . . . and is termed [[O-glycosylation]]. Possible carbohydrates include glucose, glucosamine, galactose, . . .
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H-h blood group system
[[Polymorphism]] ====See Also==== * [[Allele]] * [[Antigen]] * [[Blood group antigen proteins (chart)]] . . . is nearly identical (differ only by a single carbohydrate linkage that differentiates type 1 from . . .
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Humoral Immunity
[[Immunology]] ====Description==== The term 'humoral immunity' refers to any soluble factor found in . . . invader. Virtually all proteins are anitgenic. Carbohydrates (usually polysaccharides) are potentially . . .
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Mannose
[[Glycomics]] ====Description==== http://www.dadamo.com/mannose.GIF ====Discussion==== Ingested mannose . . . side effects were observed in patients with carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1b.9 . . .
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Microvilli
[[Physiology]] ====See Also==== * [[Villi]] * [[Mucosa]] * [[Lectins]] * [[Polyamines]] ====Description==== . . . and other enzymes that can help hydrolyze carbohydrates are present on microvilli in intestinal . . .
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Nathan Sharon
[[Lectinology]] ====See Also==== * [[Lectins]] * [[Carbohydrate]] * [[Lectins]] ====Biography==== http://www.dadamo.com/wiki/sharon.jpg . . . discovery of lectins, their interactions with carbohydrates , and their subsequent use in laboratory . . . Half a Century at the Carbohydrate-Protein Interface] * [http://www.springer.com/east/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=5-40109-22-33521644-0&referer=www.springeronline.com . . . Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions at the Atomic Level: Studies . . .
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Natural Killer (NK) Cells
[[Immunology]] ====See Also==== * [[T lymphocyte]] * [[Cell mediated immunity]] * [[Cytokines]] ====Definition==== . . . In essence, specialized chains of carbohydrates are crucial to the functions of NK cells . . . number of diverse observations implies roles for carbohydrates in multiple areas of NK function, probably . . . the lytic cascade ({{McCoy JP Jr, Chambers WH. Carbohydrates in the functions of natural killer cells. . . .
8K - last updated 2006-05-03 21:02 UTC by PeterDAdamo
Neuraminic acid
[[Immunology]] ====See Also==== * [[Glycans]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Sialogens]] . . . neuraminic (sialic) acid is a protein-bound carbohydrate considered to be a mono-saccharide and . . .
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Neuraminidase
[[Immunology]] ====Description==== Neuraminidase is an antigenic glycoprotein enzyme (EC 3.2.1.18) found . . . cleaves terminal [[sialic acid]] residues from carbohydrate moieties on the surfaces of infected cells. . . .
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O-linked glycosylation
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[O-linked glycosylation]] * [[Glycosylation]] * [[Glycoproteins]] * . . . sugars are added stepwise to the growing carbohydrate chain * Membrane bound glycoprotein glycosyltransferases . . .
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Oxidative stress
[[Biochemistry]] ====See Also==== * [[Longevity]] * [[Glycation]] * [[Flavonoid glycosides]] * [[Uncoupling . . . ortho-tyrosine formation from phenylalanine), carbohydrates, initiate lipid peroxidation. Most enzymes . . .
11K - last updated 2006-05-21 06:08 UTC by AlanGoldenberg
P (P1, P2) Blood Group
[[Polymorphism]] ====Description==== The biochemical nature of the antigens of the P blood group has . . . [[antigen]]s are formed by the addition of carbohydrates to the fatty acid chain of sphingolipids. . . . both the virus and spirochete carried a P-like carbohydrate structure that stimulates the autoantibody . . .
3K - last updated 2006-06-11 04:11 UTC by DonStJohn
Pestilence, diet, natural selection, and the distribution of microbial and human blood group antigens and antibodies
[[Paleoserology]] ====See Also==== * [[Human blood groups and anthropology]] * [[Natural Selection in . . . and high B frequencies associated with carbohydrate-eating. However, there is a problem that . . . intake and between high B frequencies and high carbohydrate intake. The inconsistencies in this theory . . . on the effects of having a diet high in carbohydrates and starchy staples. A second explanation . . . can be that the occurrence of diets high in carbohydrates and starchy diets has only happened recently, . . .
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Proteoglycan
[[Glycomics]] ====See Also==== * [[ABH Antigens]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Glycoconjugates]] . . .
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Sialyl Lewis X (SLeX)
[[Polymorphism]] ====See Also==== * [[Carbohydrate]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Cell . . . * [[Glycans]] * [[Siglecs]] ====Description==== Carbohydrates are now known to play a vital role in . . . recognition processes. One of the most important carbohydrates for humans is the blood group antigen . . . ====Abstracts==== <include "Carbohydrate antigens sialyl Lewis A and sialyl Lewis . . .
2K - last updated 2006-05-06 12:03 UTC by PeterDAdamo
Siglecs
[[Lectinology]] ====See Also==== * [[19q13.3]] * [[Carbohydrates as Biological Markers]] * [[Cell Adhesion . . . I-type lectins are a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins within the immunoglobulin . . .
9K - last updated 2006-05-06 10:14 UTC by PeterDAdamo
Thomsen-Friedenreich (T-Tn) antigen
[[Serology]] ====See Also==== * [[Mucin]] * [[Galectin 3, hGal-3]] * [[Neo-Springerism]] ====Description==== . . . markers. * Hirohashi S. Tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens related to blood group carbohydrates. . . . contemplated. =====Thomsen-Friedenreich-related carbohydrate antigens in normal adult human tissues: . . .
23K - last updated 2006-04-28 21:54 UTC by PeterDAdamo
Uracil
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[DNA]] * [[Nucleotide]] * [[RNA]] ====Description==== '''Uracil''' is . . . int he liver and other tissues in the process of carbohydrate metabolism([http://www.dadamo.com/wiki/wiki.pl/Uracil#9 . . .
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