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.
April 2010
Targeting lymphoma: Sugar-coated bullets
Decorating liposomal doxorubicin with glycan ligands of CD22 effectively targets and kills malignant B cells in vivo.
Original research paper: Blood (24 February 2010)
doi:10.1182/blood-2009-12-257386Bacterial agglutination: Stick-to-nonstick switch
Opposing regulation of surfactant protein D, a C-type lectin involved in pulmonary pathogen clearance, by alpha-2-macroglobulin and myeloperoxidase.
Original research paper: J. Biol. Chem. (5 March 2010)
doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.108837
