Dendritic Cells: a Spot on Sialic Acid

Glycans decorating cell surface and secreted proteins and lipids occupy the juncture where critical host-host and host-pathogen interactions occur. The role of glycan epitopes in cell-cell and cell-pathogen adhesive events is already well-established, and cell surface glycan structures change rapidl...

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Main Authors: Hélio João Crespo, Joseph T.Y. Lau, Paula Alexandra Videira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00491/full