Sentences with phrase «called sialic»

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.

Some of these sugars, called sialic acids, help tumors hide from the immune system.

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They found that a subtype called IgA1, which has a special tail at one end that contains sialic acids, was the most effective.

Since the attachment of sialic acid to an Fc group requires the presence of another glycan called galactose, the team created two enzymes termed B4Fc and ST6Fc, which induce the attachment of galactose and sialic acid respectively.

Bird flu prefers a sugar called 2,3 - sialic acid.

One of the sialic acid - containing molecules gliadin binds to is called GM1 ganglioside.