| Literature DB >> 18418814 |
Matthias Trappeniers1, Stijn Goormans, Katrien Van Beneden, Tine Decruy, Bruno Linclau, Aymen Al-Shamkhani, Tim Elliott, Christian Ottensmeier, Joern M Werner, Dirk Elewaut, Serge Van Calenbergh.
Abstract
alpha-GalCer (also known as KRN7000) is an immunomodulatory glycolipid that is known to potently activate invariant natural killer T (NKT) cells upon CD1d-mediated stimulation. Because Th1 and Th2 cytokines, which are released after alpha-GalCer presentation, antagonize each other's effects, alpha-GalCer analogues that induce a biased Th1/Th2 response are highly awaited. In this context, we report the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of alpha-Gal-D-xylo-Cer and two alpha-Gal-L-lyxo-Cer analogues, one with the natural acyl chain, the other with a truncated chain.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18418814 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200800021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ChemMedChem ISSN: 1860-7179 Impact factor: 3.466