Recent publications:

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
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
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
Mehta, N.R., Lopez, P.H.H., Vyas, A.A., and Schnaar R.L. (2007) "Gangliosides and Nogo receptors independently mediate myelin-associated glycoprotein inhibition of neurite outgrowth in different nerve cells," J. Biol. Chem. 282, 27875-27886. View Abstract

Whitmore C.D., Hindsgaul O., Palcic M.M., Schnaar R.L., and Dovichi N.J. (2007) "Metabolic cytometry. Glycosphingolipid metabolism in single cells," Anal. Chem. 79, 5139-5142. View Abstract

Heffer-Lauc M., Viljetic B., Vajn K., Schnaar R.L., and Lauc G. (2007) "Effects of detergents on the redistribution of gangliosides and GPI-anchored proteins in brain tissue sections." J Histochem. Cytochem. 55, 805-812. View Abstract

Lopez, P.H., and Schnaar, R.L. (2006) "Determination of glycolipid-protein interaction specificity," Methods Enzymol. 417, 205-220. View Abstract
Yang, L.J.S, Lorenzini, I., Vajn, K., Mountney, A., Schramm, L.P., and Schnaar, R.L. (2006) "Sialidase enhances spinal axon outgrowth in vivo,"  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 11057-62.  View Abstract
Pan, B., Fromholt, S.E., Hess, E.J., Crawford, T.O., Griffin, J.W., Sheikh, K.A., and Schnaar, R.L. (2005) "Myelin-associated glycoprotein and gangliosides mediate axon-myelin stability: Neuropathology and behavioral deficits in single- and double-null mice," Exp. Neurol. 195, 208-17.  View Abstract
Vyas, A.A., Blixt, O., Paulson, J.C., and Schnaar, R.L. (2005) "Potent glycan inhibitors of myelin-associated glycoprotein enhance axon outgrowth in vitro," J. Biol. Chem. 280, 16305-10. View Abstract
Bochner, B.S., Alvarez, R.A., Mehta, P., Bovin, N.V., Blixt, O., White, J.R., and Schnaar, R.L. (2005) "Glycan array screening reveals a candidate ligand for Siglec-8," J. Biol. Chem. 280, 4307-12. View Abstract
Heffer-Lauc, M., Lauc, G., Nimrichter, L., Fromholt, S.E. and Schnaar, R.L. (2005) "Membrane redistribution of gangliosides and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in brain tissue sections under conditions of lipid raft isolation," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1686, 200-208.  View Abstract
Schnaar, R.L. (2005) "Brain glycolipids: insights from genetic modifications of biosynthetic enzymes," in Neuroglycobiology (Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology) (Fukuda, M., Rutishauser, U. and Schnaar, R.L., Eds.),  pp. 95-113, Oxford University Press, New York.

Commentary:

Schnaar, R.L. and Freeze, H.H. (2008) "A 'Glyconutrient Sham'," Glycobiology 18, 652-657.   View Abstract

Pleased to have contributed:

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
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
Napier, S.L., Healy, Z.R., Schnaar, R.L., and Konstantopoulos, K. (2007) "Selectin ligand expression regulates the initial vascular interactions of colon carcinoma cells: The roles of CD44V and alternative sialofucosylated selectin ligands," J. Biol. Chem. 282, 3433-3441. View Abstract
Larsson E.A., Olsson, U., Whitmore, C., Martins, R., Tettamanti, G., Schnaar, R.L., Dovichi, N.J., Palcic, M.M., and Hindsgaul, O. (2007) "Synthesis of reference standards to enable single cell metabolomic studies of tetramethylrhodamine-labelled ganglioside GM1," Carbohydr. Res. 342, 482-489. View Abstract
Hanley W.D., Napier S.L., Burdick M.M., Schnaar R.L., Sackstein R., and Konstantopoulos K. (2006) "Variant isoforms of CD44 are P- and L-selectin ligands on colon carcinoma cells," FASEB J. 20, 337-339. View Abstract

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