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Glycan arrays containing synthetic Clostridium difficile lipoteichoic acid oligomers as tools toward a carbohydrate vaccine
Martin, Christopher E.,Broecker, Felix,Eller, Steffen,Oberli, Matthias A.,Anish, Chakkumkal,Pereira, Claney L.,Seeberger, Peter H.
, p. 7159 - 7161 (2013/08/23)
Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of severe nosocomial infections. Cell-surface carbohydrate antigens are promising vaccine candidates. Here we report the first total synthesis of oligomers of the lipoteichoic acid antigen repeating unit. Synthetic glycan microarrays revealed anti-glycan antibodies in the blood of patients that help to define epitopes for vaccine development.
