Biological age and longevity blog: glycans, inflammation, and healthy aging · Page 24

Have Glycans Finally Found a Place in Medicine?

Complex sugar molecules called glycans are an essential component to life as we know it since they are estimated to be the most abundant class of organic molecules on Earth. They are present in all domains of life, taking different shapes and sizes – from a single monosaccharide to the complex polysaccharides containi…

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March 26, 2020 Reading time:
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Intestinal Microbiota and Glycosylation

The human colon is extensively colonized with bacteria, fungi, and viruses. This colony of commensal, symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms remains stable throughout the years but can change in some diseases (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease, HIV infection) and as a result of different environmental factors (e.g., d…

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March 25, 2020 Reading time:
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Glycosylation in Neurodegeneration

Since our world is rapidly ageing, neurodegenerative diseases, affecting mostly the elderly population, represent one of the most common causes of death. They are associated with a wide range of rather unpleasant symptoms, such as memory loss, mood changes, tremors, hallucinations, psychosis, depression and many more.…

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March 25, 2020 Reading time:
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Glycomic Diversity of Homogenous Cell Populations

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March 24, 2020

A Targeted Approach to Determining the Human Glycome

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March 24, 2020

Glycomes of Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases

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March 24, 2020 Reading time:
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Glycans as Biomarkers and Functional Effectors in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases

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March 24, 2020 Reading time:
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The Human Glycome Project

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March 24, 2020

Don’t Stress – Your Glycans Will Know

Glycans are complex carbohydrate molecules attached to many proteins and lipids. More than half of all our proteins are glycosylated, and the glycan part often significantly influences a protein's structure and function. Unlike other macromolecules such as RNA and proteins, the sequence of glycans is not predetermined…

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March 24, 2020 Reading time:
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Genes Regulating Variation of Protein N-Glycosylation in Human Populations

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March 23, 2020

Glycans and Influenza

Viral infection typically begins by one or more of viral glycan-binding proteins (lectins) recognizing and binding the glycans on the surface of our cells.

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March 22, 2020 Reading time:
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Fighting Viruses With Glycans

COVID-19 has developed into global pandemics, which we probably cannot stop any more. The virus is not very deadly but is spreading rapidly and can cause collapse of the healthcare system, even in developed countries like Italy. Therefore, we have to do our best to slow the spread of the virus, so that people that req…

Published:
March 9, 2020 Reading time:
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