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ReviewACS chemical biology2012

Modifications of glycans: biological significance and therapeutic opportunities.

Saddam M Muthana, Christopher T Campbell, Jeffrey C Gildersleeve

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Review in ACS chemical biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Defining substrate specificities ofOrganic chemistry frontiers : an international journal of organic chemistry · 2026
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  5. Glycan-related genes and genetic disorders.Journal of human genetics · 2026
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  8. Rapid and Reliable Conformational Analysis of Glycans by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Guided Molecular Dynamics Simulations.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2025
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  13. Immunoglobulin A carries sulfated andFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025
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  16. TREK2 Lipid Binding Preferences Revealed by Native Mass Spectrometry.Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2024
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saddam M MuthanaChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NCI-Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.
Christopher T Campbell
Jeffrey C Gildersleeve
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Development of a Carbohydrate MicroarrayZIABC010675 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GILDERSLEEVE, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2025
$6.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010675
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbohydrates play a central role in a wide range of biological processes. As with nucleic acids and proteins, modifications of specific sites within the glycan chain can modulate a carbohydrate's overall biological function. For example, acylation, methylation, sulfation, epimerization, and phosphorylation can occur at various positions within a carbohydrate to modulate bioactivity. Therefore, there is significant interest in identifying discrete carbohydrate modifications and understanding their biological effects. Additionally, enzymes that catalyze those modifications and proteins that bind modified glycans provide numerous targets for therapeutic intervention. This review will focus on modifications of glycans that occur after the oligomer/polymer has been assembled, generally referred to as post-glycosylational modifications.

Indexed as

AcylationAnimalsCarbohydrate ConformationCarbohydrate SequenceDisaccharidesGlycosylationHumansIsomerismMetabolic DiseasesMethylationMiceMice, KnockoutMolecular Sequence DataMonosaccharidesPhosphorylationPolysaccharidesDisaccharidesMonosaccharidesPolysaccharidesSmall Molecule LibrariesSulfatesTransferases

Identifiers

PMID22195988
PMCPMC3262866
OpenAlexW1979353615

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Registered trials

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