Abstract
Antibodies to glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are used by many investigators to identify carbohydrate structures of GSLs and for localization of these compounds in tissue sections. Proper interpretation of these immunological data requires knowledge of certain principles of carbohydrate immunochemistry and these will be reviewed in the next section. Some recent immunocytochemical studies will be presented in the final section.
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Abbreviations
- GSL:
-
glycosphingolipid
- gal:
-
D-galactose
- GlcNAc:
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N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
- GalNAc:
-
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, Man, D-mannose
- Rha:
-
L-rhammose
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Marcus, D.M. (1986). The Use of Antibodies to Identify Glycosphingolipids and to Localize Them in Tissues. In: Tettamanti, G., Ledeen, R.W., Sandhoff, K., Nagai, Y., Toffano, G. (eds) Gangliosides and Neuronal Plasticity. FIDIA Research Series, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5309-7_6
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