Sensitive and specific detection of the non-human sialic Acid N-glycolylneuraminic acid in human tissues and biotherapeutic products.

<h4>Background</h4>Humans are genetically defective in synthesizing the common mammalian sialic acid N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), but can metabolically incorporate it from dietary sources (particularly red meat and milk) into glycoproteins and glycolipids of human tumors, fetuses...

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Main Authors: Sandra L Diaz, Vered Padler-Karavani, Darius Ghaderi, Nancy Hurtado-Ziola, Hai Yu, Xi Chen, Els C M Brinkman-Van der Linden, Ajit Varki, Nissi M Varki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004241&type=printable
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