Recent publications:

2012
Mountney, A., Zahner, M.R., Sturgill, E.R., Riley, C.J., Aston, J.W., Odega, M., Schramm, L.P., Hurtado, A. and Schnaar, R.L. (2012) “Sialidase, chondroitinase ABC and combination therapy after spinal cord contusion injury,” J. Neurotrauma, Epub ahead of print. View Abstract
Benedict, A.L., Mountney, A., Hurtado, A., Bryan, K.E., Schnaar, R.L., Dinkova-Kostova, A.T., and Talalay, P. (2012) “Neuroprotective effects of sulforaphane after contusive spinal cord injury,” J. Neurotrauma, Epub ahead of print. View Abstract
Sturgill, E.R., Aoki, K., Lopez, P.H., Colacurcio, D., Vajn, K., Lorenzini, I., Majić, S., Yang, W.H., Heffer, M., Tiemeyer, M., Marth, J.D., and Schnaar, R.L. (2012) Biosynthesis of major brain gangliosides GD1a and GT1b. Glycobiology 22, 1289-1301. View Abstract
Webb, T.J., Li, X., Giuntoli, R.L. 2nd, Lopez, P.H., Heuser, C., Schnaar, R.L., Tsuji, M., Kurts, C., Oelke, M., and Schneck, J.P (2012) Molecular identification of GD3 as a suppressor of the innate immune response in ovarian cancer. Cancer Res. 72, 3744-3752.  View Abstract
Mlinac, K., Jovanov Milošević, N., Heffer, M., Smalla, K.H., Schnaar, R.L., and Kalanj Bognar, S. (2012) “Neuroplastin expression in the hippocampus of mice lacking complex gangliosides,” J. Mol. Neurosci. 48, 161-166.  View Abstract
Essaka, D.C., Prendergast, J., Keithley, R.B., Palcic, M.M., Hindsgaul, O., Schnaar, R.L., and Dovichi, N.J. (2012) “Metabolic Cytometry: Capillary Electrophoresis with Two-Color Fluorescence Detection for the Simultaneous Study of Two Glycosphingolipid Metabolic Pathways in Single Primary Neurons,” Anal. Chem. 84, 2799-2804. View Abstract
Essaka, D.C., Prendergast, J., Keithley, R.B., Hindsgaul, O., Palcic, M.M., Schnaar, R.L., and Dovichi, N.J. (2012) “Single cell ganglioside catabolism in primary cerebellar neurons and glia,” Neurochem. Res. 37, 1308-1314. View Abstract
2011
Lopez, P.H.H., Ahmad A.S., Mehta N.M., Toner M., Rowland, E.A., Zhang, J., Doré, S. and Schnaar, R.L. (2011) “Myelin-associated glycoprotein protects neurons from excitotoxicity,” J. Neurochem 116:900-908. View Abstract
Zhang, G., Lehmann, H.C., Manoharan, S., Hashmi. M., Shim, S., Ming, G.L., Schnaar, R.L., Lopez, P.H., Bogdanova, N., and Sheikh, K.A. (2011) “Anti-ganglioside antibody-mediated activation of RhoA induces inhibition of neurite outgrowth,” J. Neurosci. 31:1664-1675. View Abstract
Guo, J.P., Brummet, M.E., Myers, A.C., Na, H.J., Rowland, E., Schnaar, R.L., Zheng, T., Zhu, Z., and Bochner, B.S. (2011) “Characterization of expression of glycan ligands for Siglec-F in normal mouse lungs,” Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 44:238-243.  View Abstract
Dada, O.O., Essaka D.C., Hindsgaul, O., Palcic, M.M., Prendergast, J., Schnaar, R.L., and Dovichi, N.J. (2011) “Nine orders of magnitude dynamic range: Picomolar to millimolar concentration measurement in capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection employing cascaded avalanche photodiode photon counters,” Anal. Chem. 83, 2748-2753. View Abstract
Shirure,V.S., Henson, K.A., Schnaar, R.L., Nimrichter, L., and Burdick, M.M. (2011) “Gangliosides expressed on breast cancer cells are E-selectin ligands,” Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 406:423-429.  View Abstract
Viljetić B., Degmecić I.V., Krajina V., Bogdanović T., Mojsović-Cuić A., Dikić D., Vajn K., Schnaar R.L., and Heffer M. (2011) “Distribution of major brain gangliosides in olfactory tract of frogs,” Coll. Antropol. 35:121-126.  View Abstract
2010
Mountney, A., Zahner, M.R., Lorenzini, I., Odega, M., Schramm, L.P. and Schnaar, R.L. (2010) “Sialidase enhances recovery from spinal cord contusion injury,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107:11561-6. View Abstract
Lopez P.H., Zhang G., Zhang J., Lehmann H.C., Griffin J.W., Schnaar R.L., and Sheikh K.A. (2010) “Passive transfer of IgG anti-GM1 antibodies impairs peripheral nerve repair,” J. Neurosci. 30:9533-41. View Abstract
Mehta, N.R., Nguyen, T., Bullen, J.W. Jr., Griffin, J.W., and Schnaar, R.L. (2010) “Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) protects neurons from acute toxicity using a ganglioside-dependent mechanism,” ACS Chem. Neurosci. 1:215-222. View Abstract
Schnaar, R.L. (2010) “Brain gangliosides in axon-myelin stability and axon regeneration,” FEBS Lett. 584:1741-1747. View Abstract
2009
Nguyen T., Mehta N.R., Conant K., Kim K.J., Jones M., Calabresi P.A., Melli G., Hoke A., Schnaar R.L., Ming G.L., Song H., Keswani S.C., and Griffin J.W. (2009) "Axonal protective effects of the myelin-associated glycoprotein," J. Neurosci. 29:630-7. View Abstract
Lopez P.H. and Schnaar R.L. (2009) "Gangliosides in cell recognition and membrane protein regulation," Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 19:549-557. View Abstract
Hudson, S.A., Bovin, N., Schnaar, R.L., Crocker, P.R. and Bochner, B.S. (2009) “Eosinophil-selective binding and pro-apoptotic effect of a synthetic Siglec-8 ligand, polymeric 6’-sulfated sialyl Lewis X in vitro,” J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. Epub ahead of print. View Abstract
Thomas, S.N., Schnaar R.L., and Konstantopoulos K. (2009) "Podocalyxin-like protein is an E-/L-selectin ligand on colon carcinoma cells: Comparative biochemical properties of selectin ligands in host and tumor cells," Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. Epub ahead of print. View Abstract
Schnaar R.L., and Lopez P.H. (2009) "Myelin-associated glycoprotein and its axonal receptors," J. Neurosci. Res. Epub ahead of print. View Abstract
Schnaar, R.L., Suzuki, A., and Stanley, P. (2009) "Glycosphingolipids," in Essentials of Glycobiology (Varki, A., Cummings, R., Esko, J.D., Freeze, H.H., Bertozzi, C.R., Hart, G.W., and Etzler, M.E., eds.), pp. 129-142, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. View
2008
Yang, L.J., and Schnaar R.L. (2008) "Axon regeneration inhibitors," Neurol. Res. 30, 1047-1052. View Abstract
Nimrichter L., Burdick M.M., Aoki K., Laroy W., Fierro M.A., Hudson S.A., Von Seggern C.E., Cotter R.J., Bochner B.S., Tiemeyer M., Konstantopoulos K., and Schnaar R.L. (2008) "E-selectin receptors on human leukocytes," Blood 112, 3744-3752. View Abstract
Lopez P.H., Zhang G., Bianchet M.A., Schnaar R.L., and Sheikh K.A. (2008) "Structural requirements of anti-GD1a antibodies determine their target specificity," Brain 131, 1926-1939. View Abstract
Schnaar, R.L. and Freeze, H.H. (2008) "A 'Glyconutrient Sham'," Glycobiology 18, 652-657.   View Abstract
Tao S.C., Li Y., Zhou J., Qian J., Schnaar R.L., Zhang Y., Goldstein I.J., Zhu H., and Schneck J.P. (2008) "Lectin microarrays identify cell-specific and functionally significant cell surface glycan markers," Glycobiology 18, 761-769. View Abstract
Thomas S.N., Zhu F., Schnaar R.L., Alves C.S., and Konstantopoulos K. (2008) "Carcinoembryonic antigen and CD44 variant isoforms cooperate to mediate colon carcinoma cell adhesion to E- and L-selectin in shear flow," J. Biol. Chem. 283, 15647-15655. View Abstract

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