Glycosylation in Cellular Signaling and Diseases
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules: Proteins, Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 165
Editors
Interests: N-glycans; Alg glycosyltransferases; ALG-CDG; chemo-enzymatic synthesis; rare sugar
2. Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
Interests: N-glycans; core fucosylation; O-GlcNAc; hyaluronan; glycosyltransferases; cancer biology; cell adhesion; neuroinflammation; mental disorders; glycan-related diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Glycosylation is a common post-translational modification in mammalian cells. Abnormal glycosylation is a hallmark of many diseases, including inflammatory disorders, infectious diseases, cancer, and neurodegenerative or neuropsychiatric disorders. Glycoconjugates, including glycoproteins, glycolipids, and glycosaminoglycans, play pivotal roles in cellular recognition, signaling, and immune responses across physiological and pathological conditions. Understanding the biosynthesis, structural diversity, and metabolism of glycans will help elucidate the molecular basis of disease mechanisms, support biomarker discovery, and inform therapeutic targeting, thereby paving the way for novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies and precision medicine. This special issue on Glycosylation in Cellular Signaling and Diseases provides a platform for reporting the latest original findings or reviews in glycobiology, including the following keywords. Glycosylation in disease; Biosynthetic pathways of glycans; Glycosignaling; Glycan functions; Glycomics and glycoproteomics; Glycobiomarkers.
Prof. Dr. Xiaodong Gao
Prof. Dr. Jianguo Gu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biosynthetic pathways of glycans
- glycosignaling
- glycan functions
- glycomics and glycoproteomics
- glycobiomarkers
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