Glycoimmunology, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995 Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series, Vol. 376

Proceedings of the Third Jenner International Glycoimmunology meeting held in Il Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy, October 11-14, 1994

1. A Review of the Biological Significance of Carbohydrates on Glycoproteins and Methods for Their Analysis.- 2. The Different Faces of Disease: FACE® Diagnosis of Disease.- 3. Chemometrics of Oligosaccharide Analysis: Parameterization of HPLC of PA-Oligosaccharides.- 4. Molecular Modelling of Glycoproteins by Homology with Non-Glycosylated Protein Domains, Computer Simulated Glycosylation and Molecular Dynamics.- 5. Control and Function of Complex-Type Oligosaccharide Synthesis: Novel Variants of the LacNAc Pathway.- 6. The Regulation of Cell- and Tissue-Specific Expression of Glycans by Glycosyltransferases.- 7. The Genetic Regulation of Sialyl-Lex Expression in Haemopoietic Cells.- 8. Murine ?1,4-Galactosyltransferase: Analysis of a Gene that Serves both a Housekeeping and a Cell Specific Function.- 9. Cell Surface ?1,4-Galactosyltransferase: A Signal Transducing Receptor?.- 10. O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine: The “Yin-Yang” of Ser/Thr Phosphorylation?: Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Glycosylation.- 11. Heparan Sulphate and Protein Recognition: Binding Specificities and Activation Mechanisms.- 12. Glycosylation and Maturation Rate of Membrane and Secretory Forms of Human CD8? Glycoprotein: Implications in the Activation of T-Lymphocytes.- 13. Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions in Disease: T-Cell Recognition of IgA and IgD; Mannose Binding Protein Recognition of IgG0.- 14. Glycosylation of Antibody Molecules: A Small Step for Structure, a Leap for Function.- 15. The Effects of Altered Glycosylation of IgG on Rheumatoid Factor-Binding and Immune Complex Formation.- 16. Agalactosylation by Reactive Oxygen Species and Fc Related Changes to Function.- 17. An Introduction to Glycosylation and Rheumatic Disease: What Is the Current State of Play.- 18. Abnormalities in theGlycosylation of IgG and Its Clinical Utility.- 19. ?1,4-Galactosyltransferase Variations in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 20. Significance and Molecular Basis for IgG Glycosylation Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 21. Immunology of Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate.- 22. IgA Glycosylation and Disease.- 23. IgA Nephropathy: A Disease of Incomplete IgA 1 Glycosylation?.- 24. ?1-Acid Glycoprotein: A Natural Occurring Anti-Inflammatory Molecule?.- 25. Haptoglobin: A Potential Reporter Molecule for Glycosylation Changes in Disease.- 26. Inflammatory Cytokines Controlling Branching of N-Heteroglycans of Acute Phase Protein.- 27. Cell Cycle-Related Protein Kinases and T Cell Death.- 28. Sialomucins in Inflammation and Hematopoiesis.- 29. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Oligosaccharide Libraries.- 30. In Vivo Targeting Function of N-Linked Oligosaccharides: Pharmacokinetic and Biodistribution of N-Linked Oligosaccharides.- 31. Studies on Selectin-Carbohydrate Interactions.