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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2010

Glyconanomaterials: synthesis, characterization, and ligand presentation.

Xin Wang, Olof Ramström, Mingdi Yan

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Quantification of binding affinity of glyconanomaterials with lectins.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2020
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  13. Glyconanomaterials for biosensing applications.Biosensors & bioelectronics · 2016
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  14. Glyconanomaterials for Combating Bacterial Infections.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xin WangDepartment of Chemistry, Portland State University, Oregon 97207-0751, USA.
Olof Ramström
Mingdi Yan
Portland State University · USKTH Royal Institute of Technology · SE

Funding

Photogenerated Carbohydrate MicroarraysR01GM080295 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI YAN, MINGDI · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
Surface Chemistry for Immobilization of Ultrathin FilmsR15GM066279 · NIGMS · PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY · PI YAN, MINGDI · 2005 to 2008
$410k
NIGMS NIH HHS 2R15GM066279NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080295NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM080295NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM080295S1NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM066279
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glyconanomaterials, nanomaterials carrying surface-tethered carbohydrate ligands, have emerged and demonstrated increasing potential in biomedical imaging, therapeutics, and diagnostics. These materials combine the unique properties of nanometer-scale objects with the ability to present multiple copies of carbohydrate ligands, greatly enhancing the weak affinity of individual ligands to their binding partners. Critical to the performance of glyconanomaterials is the proper display of carbohydrate ligands, taking into consideration of the coupling chemistry, the type and length of the spacer linkage, and the ligand density. This article provides an overview of the coupling chemistry for attaching carbohydrate ligands to nanomaterials, and discusses the need for thorough characterization of glyconanomaterials, especially quantitative analyses of the ligand density and binding affinities. Using glyconanoparticles synthesized by a versatile photocoupling chemistry, methods for determining the ligand density by colorimetry and the binding affinity with lectins by a fluorescence competition assay are determined. The results show that the multivalent presentation of carbohydrate ligands significantly enhances the binding affinity by several orders of magnitude in comparison to the free ligands in solution. The effect is sizeable even at low surface ligand density. The type and length of the spacer linkage also affect the binding affinity, with the longer linkage promoting the association of bound ligands with the corresponding lectins.

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CarbohydratesCrystallizationLigandsManufactured MaterialsMaterials TestingNanostructuresNanotechnologyCarbohydratesLigands

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PMID20301131
PMCPMC2940833
OpenAlexW2021835414

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