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ArticleGlycoconjugate journal2026

Total plasma N-glycomic patterns of COVID-19 disease.

Georgia Elgood-Hunt, Jack Cheeseman, Richard A Gardner, Thomas Sénard, Paulina A Urbanowicz, Alejandro A Garcia Leon, Cormac McCarthy, Marco P Monopoli, Daryl L Fernandes, Craig P Thompson and 3 more

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Article in Glycoconjugate journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Georgia Elgood-HuntLudger Ltd., Research and Development, Oxford, UK. gelgood-hunt@Ludger.com.
Jack CheesemanLudger Ltd., Research and Development, Oxford, UK.
Richard A GardnerLudger Ltd., Research and Development, Oxford, UK.
Thomas SénardDivision of Endocrinology and Diabetes Prevention and Care, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Paulina A UrbanowiczLudger Ltd., Research and Development, Oxford, UK.
Alejandro A Garcia LeonCentre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR), School of Medicine, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Cormac McCarthyDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Marco P MonopoliDepartment of Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin, Ireland.
Daryl L FernandesLudger Ltd., Research and Development, Oxford, UK.
Craig P ThompsonDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Oleg A MayborodaCenter for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, 2333ZA, The Netherlands.
Patrick W G MallonCentre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR), School of Medicine, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Daniel I R SpencerLudger Ltd., Research and Development, Oxford, UK.

Funding

Innovate UK 69371, 2021Science Foundation Ireland 20/COV/0305 and 20/COV/8549Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust and the Health Research Board 203930/B/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Total plasma N-glycans alter in disease states, with few studies focused on COVID-19. A discovery cohort of 310 COVID-19 patients, replicated with 97 COVID-19 patients and tested with 100 COVID-19 patients, was used to unearth the N-glycans capable of distinguishing infection, as well as prognosis of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mortality. All significant bisected glycans were decreased in patients compared to controls, whilst fucosylated tri-antennary glycans and sialylated tetra-antennary glycans were increased in patients. For both those admitted to the ICU and those who died, Peak 61 (A4G4S4F) was elevated in the more severe disease course, while Peak 29 (FA2G2S2) was lowered. Pinpointing specific glycosylation changes has alluded to a potential story of glycoprotein pathways in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study could be further explored through deriving the glycoproteins associated with the glycans of interest and the glycosylation changes experienced on these proteins.

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COVID-19GlycoproteinsPolysaccharidesGlycomicsGlycosylationHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2GlycoproteinsPolysaccharidesCOVID-19GlycansICUMortality

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PMID41557029
PMCPMC12819545

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