Toll-like receptor 4-related immunostimulatory polysaccharides: Primary structure, activity relationships, and possible interaction models

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-206

  Zhang, Xiaorui ^a   Qi, Chunhui ^a   Guo, Yan ^a   Zhou, Wenxia ^a   Zhang, Yongxiang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Glucosidic bond; Heteroglycan; Homoglycan; Molecular weight; Polysaccharide; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS;

GLUCOSIDIC BONDS; HETEROGLYCAN; HOMOGLYCAN; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PRIMARY STRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BINDING; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MONOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84966355900     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.04.097     Document Type: Review

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