title: Carbohydrate moiety of immunoglobulins in health and pathology.
abstract: Most of glycoproteins described so far, including immunoglobulins, are glycosylated during post-translational modifications of protein molecules. Current knowledge of the structure of sugar chains in immunoglobulin molecules and their biological role in health and pathology is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunochemistry, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw. krotkiew@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krotkiewski
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D018981:Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism; D007938:Leukemia / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D007136:Immunoglobulins