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Alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (orosomucoid): pathophysiological changes in glycosylation in relation to its function. 1995

W van Dijk, and E C Havenaar, and E C Brinkman-van der Linden

Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The aim of this review is to summarize the research efforts of the last two decades with respect to (i) the determination and characterization of the changes in glycosylation of AGP under various physiological and pathological states; and (ii) the effects of such changes on its possible anti-inflammatory functions. It will become clear that the heterogeneity observed in the glycosylation of AGP in serum, represents various so-called glycoforms of AGP, of which the relative amounts are strictly determined by the (patho) physiological conditions.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007249	Inflammation	A pathological process characterized by injury or destruction of tissues caused by a variety of cytologic and chemical reactions. It is usually manifested by typical signs of pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function.	Innate Inflammatory Response,Inflammations,Inflammatory Response, Innate,Innate Inflammatory Responses
D008969	Molecular Sequence Data	Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.	Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009961	Orosomucoid		Acid Seromucoid,Seromucoid,Serum Sialomucin,alpha 1-Acid Glycoprotein,alpha 1-Acid Seromucoid,A(1)-Acid Seromucoid,Acid alpha 1-Glycoprotein,Alpha(1)-Acid Glycoprotein,alpha 1-Acid Glycoprotein (Acute Phase),alpha 1-Glycoprotein Acid,Acid alpha 1 Glycoprotein,Glycoprotein, alpha 1-Acid,Seromucoid, Acid,Seromucoid, alpha 1-Acid,Sialomucin, Serum,alpha 1 Acid Glycoprotein,alpha 1 Acid Seromucoid,alpha 1 Glycoprotein Acid
D002240	Carbohydrate Sequence	The sequence of carbohydrates within POLYSACCHARIDES; GLYCOPROTEINS; and GLYCOLIPIDS.	Carbohydrate Sequences,Sequence, Carbohydrate,Sequences, Carbohydrate
D006031	Glycosylation	The synthetic chemistry reaction or enzymatic reaction of adding carbohydrate or glycosyl groups. GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES carry out the enzymatic glycosylation reactions. The spontaneous, non-enzymatic attachment of reducing sugars to free amino groups in proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids is called GLYCATION (see MAILLARD REACTION).	Protein Glycosylation,Glycosylation, Protein
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208	Acute Disease	Disease having a short and relatively severe course.	Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D013329	Structure-Activity Relationship	The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups.	Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships