Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science: Glycans and Glycosaminoglycans as Clinical Biomarkers and Therapeutics - Part B

Glycans and Glycosaminoglycans as Clinical Biomarkers and Therapeutics - Part B, Volume 163 in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, provides informative monographs on a variety of research topics related to Glycans and glycosaminoglycans as clinical biomarkers and therapeutics. Topics in this update include an Overview of Fugal Glycan-based Therapeutics, Heparin: An Essential Drug for Modern Medicine, Low Molecular Weight Heparins and Their Clinical Applications, The Clinical Use of Fondaparinux: A Synthetic Heparin Pentasaccharid, Heparinoids as Clinically Used Drugs, Marine Glycan-Derived Therapeutics in China, Efficacy of Heparinoid PSS in Treating Cardiovascular and other Diseases—30 Years Clinical Applications in China, and more.

Includes comprehensive coverage of molecular biologyPresents ample use of tables, diagrams, schemata and color figures to enhance the reader's ability to rapidly grasp the information providedContains contributions from renowned experts in the field

1. An Overview of Fugal Glycan-based Therapeutics Dandan Yang 2. Heparin: An Essential Drug for Modern Medicine Cui Hao 3. Low Molecular Weight Heparins and Their Clinical Applications Cui Hao 4. The Clinical Use of Fondaparinux: A Synthetic Heparin Pentasaccharide Yiran Zhang 5. Heparinoids as Clinically Used Drugs Huaiqian Dou 6. Marine Glycan-Derived Therapeutics in China Yanyun Gao 7. Efficacy of Heparinoid PSS in Treating Cardiovascular and other Diseases--30 Years Clinical Applications in China Ming Shan 8. Ganoderma Sinense Polysaccharide--An Adjunctive Drug Used for Cancer Treatment Meng Zhang 9. Fucoidan Used for Treating Renal Diseases: A Review of 15 Years Clinical Studies Jing Wang 10. Ganoderma Lucidum Polysaccharide Used for Treating Physical Frailty in China Pengjiao Zeng 11. The Biological Activities of the Antitumor Drug Grifola Frondosa Polysaccharide Yanli He 12. Molecular Basis for Poria cocos Mushroom Polysaccharide Used as an Antitumor Drug in China Xiulian Li 13. Biological Mechanisms of Glycan- and Glycosaminoglycan-based Nutraceuticals Yang Tang 14. Mushroom Polysaccharide Lentinan for Treating Different Types of Cancers—A Review of 12 Years of Clinical Studies in China Yiran Zhang 15. Polyporus Umbellatus Polysaccharide in Treating Hepatitis B in China Zhihua Guo 16. Coriolus Versicolor Polysaccharopeptide as an Immunotherapeutic in China Huaiqian Dou 17. Tremella Polysaccharide: The molecular Mechanisms of its Drug Action Dandan Yang 18. The Structures and Biological Functions of Polysaccharides from Traditional Chinese Herbs Pengjiao Zeng