Many important interactions between bacterial pathogens and their hosts are highly specific
binding events that involve host or pathogen carbohydrate structures (glycans). Glycan …

There is now abundant evidence that vaccination with defined protein antigens is able to
induce significant immunity to tick infestation. In a limited number of cases, this immunity has …

Oligomannosidic glycans play important roles in nervous system development and function.
By performing a phage display screening with oligomannose-specific antibodies, we …

Antigenic epitopes are the part (contact points) of an antigen involved in specific interaction
with the antigen-binding site (the paratope) of an antibody or a T-cell receptor. Detailed …

Background The availability of recombinant allergens and recent advances in biochip
technology led to the development of a novel test system for the detection of allergen …

Despite the identification of highly effective native antigens for vaccination against
Haemonchus contortus, particularly 'hidden'antigens derived from the intestine of adult …

The abnormal glycans expressed on the surface of tumor cells, known as tumor-associated
carbohydrate antigens, increase the chance to develop carbohydrate-based anticancer …

Glycoconjugates on animal cell surfaces are involved in numerous biological functions and
diseases, especially the adhesion/metastasis of cancer cells, infection, and the onset of …

More and more studies report on the roles that galectins play in numerous types of cancer.
These roles can be varied, as has been shown particularly for galectin‐3. These studies …

Antibodies that react with many different molecular species of protein and non-protein nature
are widely studied in biology and have particular utilities, but the precise epitopes …