Beyond glycosylation: sialic acid precursors act as signaling molecules and are involved in cellular control of differentiation of PC12 cells

The key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis (GNE) promotes neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells

(2009) Maria Kontou et al.   NEUROREPORT

Ganglioside composition of differentiated Caco-2 cells resembles human colostrum and neonatal rat intestine

(2008) Kareena L. Schnabl et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Sialic acid metabolism is involved in the regulation of gene expression during neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells

(2008) Maria Kontou et al.   GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL

Multiple changes in sialic acid biology during human evolution

(2008) Ajit Varki   GLYCOCONJUGATE JOURNAL

UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine 2-Epimerase/N-Acetylmannosamine Kinase (GNE) Binds to Alpha-Actinin 1: Novel Pathways in Skeletal Muscle?

(2008) Shira Amsili et al.   PLoS One

N-Propanoylmannosamine interferes with O-GlcNAc modification of the tyrosine 3-monooxygenase and stimulates dopamine secretion

(2007) Kaya Bork et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

Polysialic acid in the plasticity of the developing and adult vertebrate nervous system

(2007) Urs Rutishauser   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE