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.
June 2008
Sepsis, coagulation, metastasis: Endogenous lectin receptors unveiled
The liver Ashwell receptor clears desialylated von Willebrand factor and platelets, whereas the mannose receptor on lymphatic vessels promotes the migration of lymphocytes and the lymphatic spread of tumor cells.
Original research paper: Nature Medicine 14, 648-655 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm1760Glycosylation and development: A frog hops into the gap
Mucin-type O-glycosylation by the glycosyltransferase acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase-like 1 (xGalntl-1) regulates the patterning of neural structures in Xenopus laevis by inhibition of TGF-
receptor assembly.Original research paper: Development 135, 1813-1822 (2008)
