Lennart S. Forsberg

TL;DR: It is shown that macrophages loaded with synthetic lipid A, E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS), or S. typhimurium LPS activate caspase-11 independently of the LPS receptor Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), revealing a TLR4-independent mechanism for innate immune recognition of LPS.

TL;DR: The structure of lipid A from the lipopolysaccharide of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.

TL;DR: The structural arrangement of oligosaccharides comprising the core region of Rhizobium etli CE3 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been elucidated through the characterization of the LPSs from two R. etli mutants as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The polysaccharide was found to be a unique, relatively low molecular weight glycan having a fairly discrete size, with surprisingly little variation in the number of repeating units (degree of polymerization = 5).

TL;DR: NGR234 produces symbiotically active EOSs by enzymatic degradation of EPS, using the extracellular endo-beta-1,4-glycanase encoded by exoK (glycoside hydrolase family 16).