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Dendritic cells (DCs) play an essential role in immunity against bacteria by phagocytosis and by eliciting adaptive immune responses. The phagocytosis of different pathogenic E. coli isolates was also enhanced by sialidase, which suggests that modifications on MDDC sialic acids may be considered in the development of MDDC-based antibacterial therapies. Although at first it was …

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Previous work using spectrophotometric assays reported that E. coli YjhC showed a weak interaction with Neu5Ac, with an apparent Km of 68.8 mm (20). Here, we used ESI-MS to assess the activity of YjhC against 2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac or Neu5Ac. The glycan array binding data provide independent support of AAV1 interaction with α2,3 and α2,6 trisaccharides. Our …

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