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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00171
Keywords
polysaccharides; fungal pathogens; immunity; structure and function of polysaccharides; Cryptococcus neoformans
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES, Brazil)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Brazil)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP,Brazil)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ, Brazil)
- NIH [AI033142, AI033774, AI052733, HL059842]
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Studies on structure and function of polysaccharides in biological systems classically involve sequence and compositional analyses, anomeric configuration, type of glycosidic linkage, and presence of substituents. Recent studies, however, indicates that other structural parameters, so far little explored, can directly influence the biological activity of microbial polysaccharides. Among these parameters, we highlight the molecular dimensions of Cryptococcus neoformans polysaccharides, which appear to be inversely correlated with their immunobiological activity. These recent observations raise new concepts about the structure and function of polysaccharides, which stimulates the design of new experimental approaches and suggests previously unknown applications.
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