Carbohydrates in cell recognition

Sci Am. 1993 Jan;268(1):82-9. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0193-82.

Abstract

Telltale surface sugars enable cells to identify and interact with one another. New drugs aimed at those carbohydrates could stop infection and inflammation.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Carbohydrates / chemistry
  • Carbohydrates / physiology*
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / physiology
  • Cell Communication / physiology
  • Cell Membrane / chemistry*
  • Cell Membrane / physiology
  • Cell Physiological Phenomena*
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
  • Endothelium, Vascular / physiology
  • Escherichia coli / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infections / drug therapy*
  • Inflammation / drug therapy*
  • L-Selectin
  • Leukocytes / physiology
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / physiology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / physiology
  • Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Carbohydrates
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • L-Selectin