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The Ashwell receptor mitigates the lethal coagulopathy of sepsis.
Nature medicine - 1 Jun 2008
Grewal Prabhjit K, Uchiyama Satoshi, Ditto David, Varki Nissi, Le Dzung T, Nizet Victor, Marth Jamey D
Abstract excerpt
The Ashwell receptor, the major lectin of hepatocytes, rapidly clears from blood circulation glycoproteins bearing glycan ligands that include galactose and N-acetylgalactosamine. This asialoglycoprotein receptor activity remains a key factor in the development and administration of glycoprotein pharmaceuticals, yet a biological purpose of the Ashwell receptor has remained elusive. We have identified endogenous...
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