Gerardo R Vasta
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Recent Articles
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Iqbal M, Feng C, Zong G, Wang L, Vasta G
Glycobiology
. 2024 Nov;
35(1).
PMID: 39569730
Galectins are β-galactosyl-binding lectins with key roles in early development, immune regulation, and infectious disease. Influenza A virus (IAV) infects the airway epithelia, and in severe cases may lead to...
2.
Marshall J, Klein M, Karki P, Promnares K, Setua S, Fan X, et al.
Blood Adv
. 2024 Jan;
8(7):1687-1697.
PMID: 38231087
Glycophorin A (GPA), a red blood cell (RBC) surface glycoprotein, can maintain peripheral blood leukocyte quiescence through interaction with a sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin (Siglec-9). Under inflammatory conditions such as...
3.
Shi X, Yang M, Kang X, Li Y, Hong P, Zhao X, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2023 Jun;
120(24):e2216574120.
PMID: 37276415
The immune deficiency (IMD) pathway is critical for elevating host immunity in both insects and crustaceans. The IMD pathway activation in insects is mediated by peptidoglycan recognition proteins, which do...
4.
Feng C, Cross A, Vasta G
Mol Immunol
. 2023 Mar;
156:127-135.
PMID: 36921487
The lung airway epithelial surface is heavily covered with sialic acids as the terminal carbohydrate on most cell surface glycoconjugates and can be removed by microbial neuraminidases or endogenous sialidases....
5.
Martinez-Duncker I, Mora-Montes H, Vasta G, Chiodo F
Front Microbiol
. 2022 Nov;
13:1074656.
PMID: 36419415
No abstract available.
6.
Ou C, Li C, Feng C, Tong X, Vasta G, Wang L
Bioorg Med Chem
. 2022 Sep;
72:116974.
PMID: 36108470
Human galectin 3 (Gal-3) has been implicated to play important roles in different biological recognition processes such as tumor growth and cancer metastasis. High-affinity Gal-3 ligands are desirable for functional...
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Martinez-Duncker I, Chiodo F, Mora-Montes H, Vasta G
Front Microbiol
. 2022 May;
13:921436.
PMID: 35633661
No abstract available.
8.
Feng C, Nita-Lazar M, Gonzalez-Montalban N, Wang J, Mancini J, Wang S, et al.
Methods Mol Biol
. 2022 Mar;
2442:425-443.
PMID: 35320539
Techniques for disrupting gene expression are invaluable tools for the analysis of the biological role of a gene product. Because of its genetic tractability and multiple advantages over conventional mammalian...
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Vasta G, Amzel L
Structure
. 2021 Sep;
29(9):937-939.
PMID: 34478636
In this issue of Structure, Gadjos et al. (2021b) determine the structure of a bacterial lectin in complex with L-fucose by neutron diffraction of both perdeuterated protein and carbohydrate ligand....
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Dara M, Giulianini P, Manfrin C, Parisi M, Parrinello D, La Corte C, et al.
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol
. 2021 Jun;
256:110633.
PMID: 34126205
The increasing availability of sequenced genomes has enabled a deeper understanding of the complexity of fish lectin repertoires involved in early development and immune recognition. The teleost fucose-type lectin (FTL)...