Qiushi Chen, Yuanliang Zhang, Keren Zhang, Jie Liu, Huozhen Pan, Xinran Wang, Siqi Li, Dandan Hu, Zhilong Lin, Yun Zhao, Guixue Hou, Feng Guan, Hong Li, Siqi Liu, Yan Ren
Bisecting N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), a GlcNAc linked to the core β-mannose residue via a β1,4 linkage, is a special type of N-glycosylated modification that has been reported to be involved in various biological processes, such as cell adhesion and fetal development. This N-glycan structure was found to be abundant in human trophoblasts; it was postulated to be resistant to natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity, enabling a mother to nourish a fetus without rejection. In this study, we hypothesized that the human amniotic membrane, which serves as the last barrier for the fetus, may also express bisected type glycans...
February 2, 2022: Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics