The Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Antibody Combining Sites: How Much of the Antibody Repertoire are we Seeing? How does it Influence Our Understanding of the Structural and Genetic Basis of Antibody Complimentarity?....Pages 1-45
Sialic Acids as Antigenic Determinants of Complex Carbohydrates....Pages 47-72
Blood Group Active Haptens in Urine and Faeces....Pages 73-81
The Separation of Immunocyte Subpopulations by Use of Various Lectins....Pages 83-104
Mannose-Binding Proteins of Animal Origin....Pages 105-121
Sialic Acid and N-Acetylgalactosamine Specific Bacterial Lectins of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli (ETEC)....Pages 123-152
Interaction of Viruses, Bacteria and Bacterial Toxins with Host Cell Surface Glycolipids. Aspects on Receptor Identification and Dissection of Binding Epitopes....Pages 153-186
Membrane Glycoproteins and Plant and Animal Proteins with Lectin or Lectin-Like Properties....Pages 187-203
Differential Binding Properties of GalNAc and/or Gal Specific Lectins....Pages 205-263
Antigenic Properties of Human Erythrocyte Glycophorins....Pages 265-315
Carbohydrate Structures as ONCO-Developmental Antigens and Components of Receptor Systems....Pages 317-329
Chemistry of Human Erythrocyte Polylactosamine Glycopeptides (Erythroglycans) as Related to ABH Blood Group Antigenic Determinants....Pages 331-347
Blood Group Antigens and the Enzymes Involved in their Synthesis: Past and Present....Pages 349-350
Structural Concepts of the Human Blood Group A, B, H, Le a , Le b , I and i Active Glycoproteins Purified from Human Ovarian Cyst Fluid....Pages 351-394
Biochemistry and Lectin Binding Properties of Mammalian Salivary Mucous Glycoproteins....Pages 395-435
New Trends in Ganglioside Chemistry....Pages 437-464
Structural Aspects of Blood Group Glycosphingolipids in the Gastrointestinal Tract....Pages 465-494
Chemically Modified Capsular Polysaccharides as Vaccines....Pages 495-550
Structural and Immunochemical Aspects of Brucella Abortus Endotoxins....Pages 551-576
Chemical and Immunochemical Studies on Lipopolysaccharides of Coxiella Burnetii Phase I and Phase II....Pages 577-591
Structural Comparisons of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Specific Polysaccharides of Group 9 (9N, 9V, 9L, 9A) Related to the Choice of Vaccine Components....Pages 593-594
Elucidation and Comparison of the Chemical Structures of the Specific Capsular Polysaccharides of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Groups 11 (11F, 11B, 11C, And 11A)....Pages 595-596
Application of Two Dimensional NMR Methods to the Structural Elucidation of Complex Polysaccharide Antigens. The Structure of the Capsular Polysaccharide of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Type 22 F....Pages 597-598
Structural and Immunochemical Investigations on Snail Galactans....Pages 599-599
Tumor-Associated Blood Group Antigen Expressions and Immunoglobulins Associated with Tumors....Pages 601-656
The Chemical Basis for Expression of the Sialyl-Le a Antigen....Pages 657-676
Glycoconjugates and Tumor Metastasis....Pages 677-704
Glycolipids and Glycoproteins in Plasma Membrane of Hepatocellular Cancer....Pages 705-722
Cancer-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens in Mucins....Pages 723-724
 N -Glycolylneuraminic Acid-Containing Gangliosides as a Tumor Associated Antigen in Human: Expression of Hanganutziu-Deicher Antigen Active Gangliosides on Human Colon Carcinoma and Melanoma Tissues....Pages 725-726
Structural Elucidation of Complex Carbohydrates....Pages 727-758
Analysis of Complex Carbohydrate Primary and Secondary Structure via Two-Dimensional Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy....Pages 759-784
Structural Studies on the Carbohydrate Chains of Glycoproteins....Pages 785-786
The Use of Enzymes for Structural Determination of Complex Carbohydrates....Pages 787-801
Mass Spectrometry of Hexosamine Containing Oligosaccharides as Permethylated N-Trifluoroacetyl Derivatives....Pages 803-813
Immunochemical Analysis of Lipopolysaccharides with 2-D Gel Electrophoresis and Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 815-816
Front Matter....Pages 817-817
A Guide for Carbohydrate Specificities of Lectins....Pages 819-847
Back Matter....Pages 849-868