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BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
卷 57, 期 5-6, 页码 240-245出版社
EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3322(03)00028-3
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fucose; receptors; fucosylation; cell-proliferation; MMP-s
Fucose is the only component of glycoconjugates of vertebrates in the L-configuration. It exhibits a number of unique and interesting biological properties reviewed briefly-in this article. Its constant end-standing position on glycan chains predisposes fucose to play a key role in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, mediated by several receptors such as those recognising the Lewis-type blood group substances, fucose-recognising lectines and the mannose-fucose receptors. Some of the as yet unstudied or less well understood properties of L-fucose were explored in the present study, as its non-enzymatic interaction with amine-groups on macromolecules, its cellular uptake attributed to specific transport mechanisms and its effect on fibroblast cell cultures. We could document the stimulation of cell-proliferation and the inhibition of MMP-expression and activation, both for MMP-2 and MMP-9. These and the other shortly reviewed properties of L-fucose may play an important role in its biological applications and actions. (C) 2003 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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