Research highlights
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 Research Highlights, short accessible pieces that put into context must-read papers related to Functional Glycomics. 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.
December 2009
T cell development: Fate sealed in sugar
The sugars that decorate CD45, a cell surface glycoprotein, influence the development of the adaptive immune response by determining T cell susceptibility to galectin-1-induced apoptosis.
Functional Glycomics Gateway (2009)
doi:10.1038/fg.2009.39HIV: A new starting point for HIV vaccine design
Glycosylations form the epitope for two broadly neutralizing antibodies identified in a new strategy for HIV vaccine design.
Original research paper: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 8, 846-847 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nrd3035
