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-α Pathways in Mouse Melanoma B16 Cells
Chp 17: Pathological Roles of Ganglioside Mimicry in Guillain-Barré 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: Regulati
About the Author: Dr. Wu has been studying on lectin-glycan interactions for more than 35 years, especially the recognition factors of lectins. He is the senior editor of the Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates 1 and 2 (Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 228 and 491). Lectin recognition index is his ongoing project.
