Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins

Human lectins are involved in a wide variety of biological processes, both physiological and pathological, which have attracted the interest of the scientific community working in the glycoscience field. Multivalent glycosystems have been employed as useful tools to understand carbohydrate-lectin binding processes as well as for biomedical applications. The review shows the different scaffolds designed for a multivalent presentation of sugars and their corresponding binding studies to lectins and in some cases, their biological activities. We summarise this research by organizing based on lectin types to highlight the progression in this active field. The paper provides an overall picture of how these contributions have furnished relevant information on this topic to help in understanding and participate in these carbohydrate-lectin interactions.

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Human lectins play important roles in various biological processes and have attracted the attention of researchers in the glycoscience field. Multivalent glycosystems have been used as valuable tools to study carbohydrate-lectin binding and for biomedical applications. This review summarizes the different scaffolds designed for multivalent presentation of sugars and their interactions with lectins, highlighting the progress in this active field. Overall, this paper provides relevant information on carbohydrate-lectin interactions and contributes to our understanding of this topic.