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.
January 2010
Diabetes: Macrophage lectin fuels inflammation
C-type lectin MGL1 contributes to inflammation and insulin resistance in obese mice by modulating the circulation of adipose tissue macrophages.
Original research paper: J. Exp. Med. (published online 7 December 2009)
doi:10.1084/jem.20091333Inflammation: Sugar substitute is less sticky
4F-GalNAc, an artificial monosaccharide, alters the construction of sugars coating a leukocyte surface glycoprotein, and decreases recruitment of these immune cells to sites of inflammation.
Original research paper: Blood (published online 8 December 2009)
doi:10.1182/blood-2009-07-231480
