Publications by authors named "W Pimlott"

Glycolipids were prepared from epithelial cells of the small intestine of a newborn calf and assayed for Escherichia coli K99 binding activity on thin-layer chromatograms and in microtiter wells. The bacteria did not bind to any of the non-acid glycolipids, while in the acid fraction several binding-positive glycolipids were detected. The acid glycolipids were isolated and characterized by mass spectrometry, proton NMR spectroscopy and other methods.

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Blood group A glycolipid antigens have been found based upon at least four different core saccharides (types 1 to 4). The biological significance of this structural polymorphism is not known, although the successful outcome of transplantations of blood group A2 kidneys to blood group O individuals have been partly explained by the low expression of A type-3 and -4 chain glycolipid antigens in A2 kidneys. If graft rejection due to ABO incompatibility is, in any way, correlated to the expression of type-3 and -4 chain blood group glycolipids, it is of interest to identify possible blood group B structures based on these core saccharides.

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Total non-acid glycosphingolipids were isolated from plasma of an A1 Le(a-b+) secretor individual with Refsum's disease (phytanic acid storage disease). The glycolipids were separated into 11 fractions by open column chromatography and by HPLC. The fractions were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography and tested for different blood group A activities as well as blood group Le(a )and Leb activity.

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The small intestine of 15- to 23-day-old rats was cut into four segments from the duodenum to the ileum. Neutral glycosphingolipids were purified from each segment and submitted to thin-layer chromatography and immunostaining with the A005 monoclonal anti-A antibody. This antibody detected an hexaglycosylceramide located mainly in the duodenum during the postnatal development.

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