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ReviewJournal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH2020

Multifaceted role of glycosylation in transfusion medicine, platelets, and red blood cells.

Melissa M Lee-Sundlov, Sean R Stowell, Karin M Hoffmeister

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Review in Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa M Lee-SundlovTranslational Glycomics Center, Blood Research Institute Versiti, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Sean R StowellCenter for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Karin M HoffmeisterTranslational Glycomics Center, Blood Research Institute Versiti, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Emory University · USMedical College of Wisconsin · USVersiti Blood Center of Wisconsin · US

Funding

REGULATION OF LACTOSAMINYL GLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS IN HEMATOPOIETIC CELLSP01HL107146 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SACKSTEIN, ROBERT · 2011 to 2017
$17.7M
Carbohydrate-Mediated Platelet ClearanceR01HL089224 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI Karin Maria Hoffmeister · 2007 to 2026
$9.3M
Glycans in Blood Homeostasis and DiseaseK12HL141954 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI DAHMS, NANCY M., DESAI, UMESH RAMANLAL · 2018 to 2022
$4.9M
Engineering iPSC-RBCs for TransfusionR01HL138656 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ROBACK, JOHN D, STOWELL, SEAN R · 2017 to 2020
$2.9M
Examination of Initiating Factors that Regulate Red Blood Cell AlloimmunizationR01HL135575 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Sean R Stowell · 2017 to 2026
$2.8M
Integrating microbial glycan arrays with genomic sequences to study host microbe interactionsU01CA242109 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D, STOWELL, SEAN R · 2019 to 2021
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA242109NHLBI NIH HHS K12 HL141954NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107146NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089224NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL135575NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL138656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosylation is highly prevalent, and also one of the most complex and varied posttranslational modifications. This large glycan diversity results in a wide range of biological functions. Functional diversity includes protein degradation, protein clearance, cell trafficking, cell signaling, host-pathogen interactions, and immune defense, including both innate and acquired immunity. Glycan-based ABO(H) antigens are critical in providing compatible products in the setting of transfusion and organ transplantation. However, evidence also suggests that ABO expression may influence cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, and hemostasis disorders, including alterations in platelet function and von Willebrand factor blood levels. Glycans also regulate immune and hemostasis function beyond ABO(H) antigens. Mutations in glycogenes (PIGA, COSMC) lead to serious blood disorders, including Tn syndrome associated with hyperagglutination, hemolysis, and thrombocytopenia. Alterations in genes responsible for sialic acids (Sia) synthesis (GNE) and UDP-galactose (GALE) and lactosamine (LacNAc) (B4GALT1) profoundly affect circulating platelet counts. Desialylation (removal of Sia) is affected by human and pathogenic neuraminidases. This review addresses the role of glycans in transfusion medicine, hemostasis and thrombosis, and red blood cell and platelet survival.

Indexed as

Blood PlateletsTransfusion MedicineErythrocytesGlycosylationHumansvon Willebrand Factorvon Willebrand Factorglycansplateletsred blood cellsthrombosistransfusion

Identifiers

PMID32350996
PMCPMC7336546
OpenAlexW3021389577

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