A new hydrogel made of crosslinked glycosaminoglycans, particularly crosslinked hyaluronic acid, chondroitin or chondroitin sulfate, having reversible linkages using boronic acid or boroxole derivatives leading to new benefits. Glycosaminoglycans that are crosslinked via an alkoxyboronate ester anion formed between a diol portion of a diol-functional moiety grafted to a first glycosaminoglycan and a boronate hemiester grafted to a second glycosaminoglycan.

A method of preparing a hydrogel product including crosslinked glycosaminoglycan molecules, said method including: i) providing a glycosaminoglycan crosslinked by amide bonds, wherein the crosslinked glycosaminoglycans include residual amine groups; and ii) acylating residual amine groups of the crosslinked glycosaminoglycans provided in i) to form acylated crosslinked glycosaminoglycans.

The invention relates to a hydrogel product comprising glycosaminoglycan molecules as the swellable polymer, wherein the glycosaminoglycan molecules are covalently crosslinked via crosslinks comprising a spacer group selected from the group consisting of di-, tri-, tetra-, and oligosaccharides.

A purification method of fungal cell wall composition includes following steps: (1) taking a residue of a fungus fruiting body underwent extraction process for obtaining extract thereof, wherein the extract contains terpenoids, sterols, polysaccharides, or a combination thereof, and the residue contains the cell wall of the fruiting body; (2) placing the residue into an aqueous percarbonate solution to form a mixture liquid, which is reacted at a first temperature for decolorizing the residue, wherein the concentration of the aqueous percarbonate solution ranges from 5 to 20% (w/v), and the first temperature ranges from 15 to 40° C.; (3) after the decolorization process, raising the temperature of the mixture liquid to a second temperature for the mixture liquid to react, so as to digest and decompose the residue, wherein the second temperature ranges from 80 to 100° C.; and (4) filtering the treated mixture liquid to obtain a purified product.

The present disclosure provides an application of fish swim bladder-derived heparin-like mucopolysaccharide in the preparation of angiogenesis inhibitors, belonging to the technical field of medication. In the present disclosure, the structural unit of the fish swim bladder-derived heparin-like mucopolysaccharide is α-ΔGlcUA-[1.fwdarw.3]-GalNAc-4S. The fish swim bladder-derived heparin-like mucopolysaccharide has strong inhibition on angiogenesis. As shown from the results of examples in the present disclosure, the inhibitory rate of 400 mg/L fish swim bladder-derived heparin-like mucopolysaccharide on the growth of human umbilical vein endothelial cells can be up to 90.3%; and the inhibitory rate of 1 mg/mL fish swim bladder-derived heparin-like mucopolysaccharide on the angiogenesis of chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane is 77.15%.

A method of producing an injectable gel product is provided, comprising (a) cross-linking a first glycosaminoglycan (GAG) with a first crosslinking agent to produce a gel, wherein the charging ratio of crosslinking agent to disaccharide unit is below 0.15; (b) preparing particles of the gel; (c) mixing the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) gel particles with a second GAG to provide a mixture; (d) cross-linking the mixture with a second crosslinking agent to obtain cross-linking between the GAGs of the second, outer phase, thereby providing a gel having a first, inner phase of the cross-linked GAG gel particles, embedded in a gel of the second GAG outer phase; and (e) preparing injectable particles, each such particle containing a plurality of the cross-linked GAG gel particles of the first, inner phase. An injectable gel product, an aqueous composition, and a pre-filled syringe as also provided.

The invention relates to a hydrogel product comprising glycosaminoglycan molecules as the swellable polymer, wherein the glycosaminoglycan molecules are covalently crosslinked via crosslinks comprising a spacer group selected from the group consisting of di-, tri-, tetra-, and oligosaccharides.

Provided herein is an E. coli O polysaccharide, O25B. Also provided herein are prokaryotic host cells containing enzymes (e.g., glycosyltransferases) used in O25B production. The host cells provided herein produce O25B bioconjugates, wherein said bioconjugates contain O25B linked to a carrier protein. Further provided herein are compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, including O25B and/or bioconjugates containing O25B. Such compositions can be used as vaccines against infection with ExPEC, and may further include one or more additional bioconjugates.

A new hydrogel made of crosslinked glycosaminoglycans, particularly crosslinked hyaluronic acid, chondroitin or chondroitin sulfate, having reversible linkages using boronic acid or boroxole derivatives leading to new benefits. Glycosaminoglycans that are crosslinked via an alkoxyboronate ester anion formed between a diol portion of a diol-functional moiety grafted to a first glycosaminoglycan and a boronate hemiester grafted to a second glycosaminoglycan.

A purification method of fungal cell wall composition includes following steps: (1) taking a residue of a fungus fruiting body underwent extraction process for obtaining extract thereof, wherein the extract contains terpenoids, sterols, polysaccharides, or a combination thereof, and the residue contains the cell wall of the fruiting body; (2) placing the residue into an aqueous percarbonate solution to form a mixture liquid, which is reacted at a first temperature for decolorizing the residue, wherein the concentration of the aqueous percarbonate solution ranges from 5 to 20% (w/v), and the first temperature ranges from 15 to 40° C.; (3) after the decolorization process, raising the temperature of the mixture liquid to a second temperature for the mixture liquid to react, so as to digest and decompose the residue, wherein the second temperature ranges from 80 to 100° C.; and (4) filtering the treated mixture liquid to obtain a purified product.