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Immunostimulatory activities of monoglycosylated α-D-pyranosylceramides
Uchimura, Akira,Shimizu, Toshiyuki,Morita, Masahiro,Ueno, Hitomi,Motoki, Kazuhiro,Fukushima, Hideaki,Natori, Takenori,Koezuka, Yasuhiko
, p. 2245 - 2249 (2007/10/03)
We compared the immunostimulatory effects of chemically synthesized α-galactosylceramides (α-GalCers), α-glucosylceramides (α-GluCers), 6''- monoglycosylated α-GalCer and 6''- or 4''-monoglycosylated α-GluCer and made the following observations: (1) the length of the fatty acid side chain in the ceramide portions greatly affects the immunostimulatory effects of α-GalCers and α-GluCers; (2) the configuration of the 4''-hydroxyl group of the inner pyranose moiety plays an important role in the immunostimulatory effects of monoglycosylated α-D-pyranosylceramides; (3) the free 4''-hydroxyl group of the inner pyranose of monoglycosylated α-D-pyranosylceramides plays a more important role in their immunostimulatory effects than the free 6''-hydroxyl group.
SYNTHETIC STUDY ON GLYCOPHOSPHATIDYL INOSITOL (GPI) ANCHOR OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI: GLYCOHEPTAOSYL CORE
Murakata, Chikara,Ogawa, Tomoya
, p. 2439 - 2442 (2007/10/02)
A stereocontrolled approach to the synthesis of glycoheptaosyl core of glycophosphatidyl inositol (GPI) anchor of Trypanosoma brucei is described for the first time.
