Objective(s): Breast cancer imposes a highest rate of malignancy among the women all around the world. Chitin and its derivatives such as D-glucosamine-carboxymethyl chitin and Di-hydroxy propyl chitin have immune-modulating effects and influence on innate and acquisitive immunity which lead to cell activity enhancement. The aim of this study was investigating the effect ...

Synergistic multivalent interactions can amplify desired chemical or biological molecular recognitions. We report a new class of multicarboxylate-containing carbocyanine dye constructs for use as optical scaffolds that not only serve as fluorescent antennas but also participate in structural assembly of the multivalent molecular construct. Three generations of carboxylate-terminating multivalen...

Rats fed a purified diet containing 1% erotic acid for 2 days accumulate large amounts of uridine diphospho-Nacetylhexosamine in the liver. This accumulation is not the result of a block in utilization of uridine diphospho-Nacetylhexosamine, but probably results from increased synthesis de novo. These rats appear to suffer from a defect in the feedback control of L-glutamine-D-fructose 6-phosph...

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Seeing the sugar coating: N-Acetyl-glucosamine and mannosamine derivatives tagged with an isonitrile group are metabolically incorporated into cell-surface glycans and can be detected with a fluorescent tetrazine. This bioorthogonal isonitrile-tetrazine ligation is also orthogonal to the commonly used azide-cyclooctyne ligation, and so will allow simultaneous detection of the incorporation of t...

The synthesis of hyaluronic acid oligomers (tri- and tetrasaccharide) is described. We have followed a pre-glycosylation oxidation strategy. Glucuronic acid units were directly employed in coupling reactions with suitably protected glucosamine derivatives. In order to simplify the purification of synthetic intermediates, a fluorous-assisted strategy has been also explored. Using this approach, ...

Quantitative approaches to characterizing microorganisms are crucial for a broader understanding of the microbial status and function within ecosystems. Current strategies for microbial analysis include both traditional laboratory culture-dependent techniques and those based on direct extraction and determination of certain biomarkers. Few among the diversity of microbial species inhabiting soi...