Featured articles
From 2006-2011, the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) collaborated to provide the Functional Glycomics Update, a one-stop resource with monthly updates on the latest developments in glycobiology. Here, access the complete archive of Featured Articles, specially written editors' reviews on the most exciting findings in glycobiology. Original pieces created by NPG as part of the NPG-CFG partnership are subject to copyright by the Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited; used with permission.
March 2008
Drug development: Sweet talk to receptors
Using glycan ligand engineering to target carbohydrate-binding receptors is a promising strategy for stem cell therapy and cancer immunotherapy.
Original research paper: Nature Medicine 14, 181-187 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm1703Dendritic cell receptors: Keeping it in the family
The dendritic cell (DC) C-lectin-like immune receptor (DCIR) is closely related to other C-lectin like receptors (CLRs) in its antigen presentation function and inhibitory cross talk with Toll-like receptors (TLRs).
Original research paper: Nature Medicine 14, 176-180 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm1697
