November 2008

• O-glycosylation: Messing around with angiogenesis

  Endothelial cell mucin-type core-1 glycans are required for the separation of blood and lymphatic vasculature in mice.

  Functional Glycomics Gateway (2008)
  doi:10.1038/fg.2008.49

• Cancer cell migration: A complex tetraspanin story

  The migration of cancer cells towards laminin-332 requires 31 integrin N-glycans, which are formed when 31 integrin enters into a complex with the tetraspanin CD151.

  Functional Glycomics Gateway (2008)
  doi:10.1038/fg.2008.50