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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2018

Using structurally defined oligosaccharides to understand the interactions between proteins and heparan sulfate.

Ding Xu, Katelyn Arnold, Jian Liu

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Perspective on computational simulations of glycosaminoglycans.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Computational molecular science
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ding XuDepartment of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. Electronic address: dingxu@buffalo.edu.
Katelyn ArnoldDivision of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jian LiuDivision of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: jian_liu@unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

In vitro synthesis of recombinant heparan sulfateR01HL094463 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIAN, PAWLINSKI, RAFAL L · 2009 to 2021
$5.2M
Heparan Sulfate–Osteoprotegerin Interactions in Bone RemodelingR01AR070179 · NIAMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI XU, DING · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Uncovering the controlling mechanisms in heparan sulfate biosynthesisU01GM102137 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIU, JIAN · 2013 to 2016
$1.2M
Developing Heparan Sulfate Glycan ArrayR41GM123792 · NIGMS · GLYCAN THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION · PI LIU, JIAN · 2017 to 2018
$297k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL094463NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR070179NIGMS NIH HHS R41 GM123792NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM102137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heparan sulfate (HS) is widely present on the animal cell surface and in the extracellular matrix. HS achieves its biological functions by interacting with proteins to change proteins' conformation, oligomerization state and cellular location. The challenging question to study HS is how to dissect the relationship between the structures of HS and the biological activities. In the past several years, crucial techniques have been developed to overcome this challenge. A novel chemoenzymatic method to synthesize structurally defined HS oligosaccharides has offered a key access to this class of sulfated carbohydrate molecules. Recent rapid progress of HS microarray technology allows screening of the interaction of a target protein with a large number of HS oligosaccharides. The improved availability of HS oligosaccharides and HS microarray analysis will undoubtedly accelerate the investigation of the contribution of the specific sulfated carbohydrate structures of HS in a wide range of biological contexts.

Indexed as

Molecular StructureHeparan SulfateOligosaccharidesProtein BindingProteinsStructure-Activity RelationshipHeparan SulfateOligosaccharidesProteins

Identifiers

PMID29684759
PMCPMC6078804
OpenAlexW2801404878

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