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SUBMITTER: Zhang Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3939888 | biostudies-other | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhang Qiang Q Johnston Eric V EV Shieh Jae-Hung JH Moore Malcolm A S MA Danishefsky Samuel J SJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140210 8
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a medicinally important glycoprotein, used as an immunostimulant following bone-marrow transplant. On the basis of reports of its potential utility as an anticancer vaccine adjuvant, we undertook to develop a synthetic route toward single-glycoform GM-CSF. We describe herein a convergent total synthesis of GM-CSF aglycone and two homogeneous glycoforms. Analytical and biological studies confirm the structure and activity of these synth ...[more]