Glucosamine Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Glucosamine, including details on chondroitin sulfate, uses, effects, benefits, arthritis.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 11 (November)

1. The role of epitope specificity in the human opsonic antibody response to the staphylococcal surface polysaccharide poly N-acetyl glucosamine.
   J Infect Dis, 192(11): 2012-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Gene expression patterns and catalytic properties of UDP-D-glucose 4-epimerases from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).
   Biochem J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Does oral glucosamine prevent the loss of proteoglycans in a rabbit model of osteoarthritis? Comment on the article by Tiraloche et al.
   Arthritis Rheum, 52(11): 3680. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Fate and role of ammonium ions during fermentation of citric acid by Aspergillus niger.
   Appl Environ Microbiol, 71(11): 7178-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Distinct effects of glucose and glucosamine on vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells: evidence for a protective role for glucosamine in atherosclerosis.
   Cardiovasc Diabetol, 4: 16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Change of the donor substrate specificity of Clostridium difficile toxin B by site-directed mutagenesis.
   J Biol Chem, 280(45): 37833-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Heparan sulfate mimicry: a synthetic glycoconjugate that recognizes the heparin binding domain of interferon-gamma inhibits the cytokine activity.
   J Biol Chem, 280(45): 37558-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Binding of porcine ficolin-alpha to lipopolysaccharides from Gram-negative bacteria and lipoteichoic acids from Gram-positive bacteria.
   Dev Comp Immunol, 30(3): 335-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Trichomonas vaginalis lipophosphoglycan mutants have reduced adherence and cytotoxicity to human ectocervical cells.
   Eukaryot Cell, 4(11): 1951-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Glucose represses connexin36 in insulin-secreting cells.
    J Cell Sci, 118: 5335-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. N-retinoyl-D-glucosamine, a new retinoic acid agonist, mediates topical retinoid efficacy with no irritation on photoaged skin.
    Br J Dermatol, 153: 30-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Characterisation of carbohydrate-binding sites in developmental stages of Myxobolus cerebralis.
    Parasitol Res, 97(6): 505-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Molecular diversity in venom from the Australian brown snake, pseudonaja textilis.
    Mol Cell Proteomics. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Site-Directed Fluorescence Labeling Reveals Differences on the R-Conformer of Glucosamine 6-Phosphate Deaminase of Escherichia coli Induced by Active or Allosteric Site Ligands at Steady State.
    Biochemistry, 44(46): 15083-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Identification of glucoselysine-6-phosphate deglycase, an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the fructation product glucoselysine.
    Biochem J, 392: 263-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Riboswitches and the role of noncoding RNAs in bacterial metabolic control.
    Curr Opin Chem Biol, 9(6): 594-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Ligand requirements for glmS ribozyme self-cleavage.
    Chem Biol, 12(11): 1221-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. The use of nutraceuticals for osteoarthritis in horses.
    Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract, 21(3): 575-97, v-vi. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Mouse intestine selects nonmotile flhDC mutants of Escherichia coli MG1655 with increased colonizing ability and better utilization of carbon sources.
    Infect Immun, 73(12): 8039-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Characterization of an exochitinase from Epiphyas postvittana nucleopolyhedrovirus (family Baculoviridae).
    J Gen Virol, 86: 3253-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Requirement for chitin biosynthesis in epithelial tube morphogenesis.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(47): 17014-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Efficacy of high loading doses of liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(12): 999-1004. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored fungal polysaccharide in Aspergillus fumigatus.
    J Biol Chem, 280(48): 39835-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Glucosamine oral bioavailability and plasma pharmacokinetics after increasing doses of crystalline glucosamine sulfate in man.
    Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 13(12): 1041-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Biological evaluation of a series of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D: -glucose analogs towards cellular glycosaminoglycan and protein synthesis in vitro.
    Glycoconj J, 22(7): 443-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. A pseudoknot in the 3' non-core region of the glmS ribozyme enhances self-cleavage activity.
    RNA, 11(12): 1788-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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