The nature of sialic acid in mucins also vary in different species, providing more evidence for how species - specific microbiota interactions occur. (sciencedaily.com)
- dystroglycan, an integral component of the muscle transmembrane dystrophin - glycoprotein complex, is low in sialic acid in HIBM patients. (genome.gov)
In previous work, Anthony's group and others have found that the anti-inflammatory effect of high - dose IVIG can be attributed to a minor fraction of antibodies to which a glycan called sialic acid has been attached to their Fc region. (sciencedaily.com)