| Literature DB >> 19481452 |
Geetha Velmourougane1, Ravinder Raju, Gabriel Bricard, Jin S Im, Gurdyal S Besra, Steven A Porcelli, Amy R Howell.
Abstract
An alpha-galactosyl ceramide (alpha-GalCer) 2 was synthesized and evaluated for its ability to stimulate iNKT-cell proliferation and elicit T-helper cytokines, IL-4 and IFNgamma. Compound 2 combines the acyl chain of the potent, Th2 biasing alpha-GalCer 1 with a sphingoid base of the same length as that found in OCH, which also exhibits Th2 skewing, Such complementation may enhance cytokine bias, which is thought to be important for therapeutic applications of iNKT cell stimulation. Two related alpha-GalCers, 3 and 4, with saturated acyl chains were prepared for comparison.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19481452 PMCID: PMC2743301 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.05.042
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823