Standout Papers

Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct 1993 2026 2004 2015 4.4k
  1. Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct (1993)
    Ajit Varki Glycobiology
  2. Biological roles of glycans (2016)
    Ajit Varki Glycobiology
  3. Siglecs and their roles in the immune system (2007)
    Paul R. Crocker, James C. Paulson et al. Nature reviews. Immunology
  4. Chemical Diversity in the Sialic Acids and Related α-Keto Acids:  An Evolutionary Perspective (2002)
    Takashi Angata, Ajit Varki Chemical Reviews
  5. Selectin ligands. (1994)
    Ajit Varki Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  6. Sialic acids in human health and disease (2008)
    Ajit Varki Trends in Molecular Medicine
  7. Glycan-based interactions involving vertebrate sialic-acid-recognizing proteins (2007)
    Ajit Varki Nature
  8. Human embryonic stem cells express an immunogenic nonhuman sialic acid (2005)
    Maria J. Martin, Alysson R. Muotri et al. Nature Medicine
  9. Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Primate Gene Expression Patterns (2002)
    Wolfgang Enard, Philipp Khaitovich et al. Science
  10. Heparin and cancer revisited: Mechanistic connections involving platelets, P-selectin, carcinoma mucins, and tumor metastasis (2001)
    Lubor Borsig, Richard W. Wong et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  11. Trousseau's syndrome: multiple definitions and multiple mechanisms (2007)
    Ajit Varki Blood
  12. Diversity in the sialic acids (1992)
    Ajit Varki Glycobiology

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James C. Paulson 25930 9471 13411 387 42.0k
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