Table 5 Biomedical activity and application of saccharolipids
Subclass | Name | Activity | Medical application | Ref. |
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Lipid A | LPS | Upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines | Wound healing | Kostarnoy |
Generate tolerogenic dendritic cells to exhaust effector CD4 T cells | Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis | Zhou |
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Increase endogenous TNF-α expression | Cancer | Goto |
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Upregulation of MHC molecule on GSCs | Cancer | Han |
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Monophosphoryl lipid A | TLR4 agonist | Vaccine adjuvant | Saito |
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Enhancing CD4 T cell activation and initial clonal expansion | Vaccine adjuvant | Thompson |