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ArticleACS macro letters2020

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Re-Engineering Cellular Interfaces with Synthetic Macromolecules Using Metabolic Glycan Labeling.

Ruben M F Tomás, Matthew I Gibson

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Article in ACS macro letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Intracellular Delivery of Hydrophilic Glycans Using Superchaotropic Clusters.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  2. Balancing inflammation and regeneration: immune cell dynamics in nerve repair: a comprehensive review.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  3. Photoionization of pyrenemethylamine-labeled oligosaccharides: a new MALDI-TOF precursor ion-type for efficient fragmentation.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2025
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  4. Bioorthogonal Chemistry in Cellular Organelles.Topics in current chemistry (Cham) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Ruben M F TomásDepartment of Chemistry and Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Matthew I GibsonDepartment of Chemistry and Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-surface functionality is largely programmed by genetically encoded information through modulation of protein expression levels, including glycosylation enzymes. Genetic tools enable control over protein-based functionality, but are not easily adapted to recruit non-native functionality such as synthetic polymers and nanomaterials to tune biological responses and attach therapeutic or imaging payloads. Similar to how polymer-protein conjugation evolved from nonspecific PEGylation to site-selective bioconjugates, the same evolution is now occurring for polymer-cell conjugation. This Viewpoint discusses the potential of using metabolic glycan labeling to install bio-orthogonal reactive cell-surface anchors for the recruitment of synthetic polymers and nanomaterials to cell surfaces, exploring the expanding therapeutic and diagnostic potential. Comparisons to conventional approaches that target endogenous membrane components, such as hydrophobic, protein coupling and electrostatic conjugation, as well as enzymatic and genetic tools, have been made to highlight the huge potential of this approach in the emerging cellular engineering field.

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PMID32714634
PMCPMC7377358

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