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Prof. Dr. H.Wiegandt

Professor Wiegandt´s laboratory is predominantly concerned with the possible biological significance of glycolipid-oligosaccharides. Major scientific topics under investigation by the group include the influence of active specific immunization on cancer growth.

Recent publications representative of current work:

Wiegandt, H. (1992) Insect glycolipids. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 1123,117-126

Wiegandt, H. (1994) Principles of glycosphingolipid-oligosaccharide constitution. Progr.Brain Res.101,63-73

Wiegandt, H. (1995) The chemical constitution of the gangliosides of the vertebrate nervous system. Behav.Brain Res.66,85-97

Jennemann, R., Gnewuch, C., Bosslet, S., Bauer, B.L., and Wiegandt, H. (1995) Specific immunization using keyhole limpet hemocyanin-ganglioside conjugates. J.Biochem.[Tokyo]115,1047-1052

Jennemann, R., Bauer, B.L., Schmidt, R., Elsaesser, H.-P., and Wiegandt, H. (1996) Effects of monophosphoryllipid-A on the immunization of mice with keyhole limpet hemocyanin and muramyldipeptide-ganglioside Gfpt1 conjugates. J.Biochem.[Tokyo]119,378-384

Jennemann, R., Bauer, B.L. and Wiegandt, H (1997) The Degradation of Glycosphingolipids by Air. J.Biochem.[Tokyo]121,150-154

Jennemann, R., Bauer, B.L., Bertalanffy, H., Selmer, T. and Wiegandt, H. (1999) Basidiolipids from Agaricus are novel immune adjuvants. Immunobiology 200,277-289

Jennemann, R., Bauer, B.L., Bertalanffy, H., Geyer, R., Gschwind, R.M., Selmer, T. and Wiegandt, H. (1999) Novel glycoinositolphosphosphingolipids, basidiolipids, from Agaricus. Eur.J.Biochem. 259,331-338

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