PMID- 34895639 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211214 LR - 20211214 IS - 1740-6749 (Electronic) IS - 1740-6749 (Linking) VI - 38 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Synthetic carbohydrate-based cell wall components from Staphylococcus aureus. PG - 35-43 LID - S1740-6749(21)00005-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ddtec.2021.01.003 [doi] AB - Glycopolymers are found surrounding the outer layer of many bacterial species. The first uses as immunogenic component in vaccines are reported since the beginning of the XX century, but it is only in the last decades that glycoconjugate based vaccines have been effectively applied for controlling and preventing several infectious diseases, such as H. influenzae type b (Hib), N. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae or group B Streptococcus. Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains has been appointed by the WHO as one of those pathogens, for which new treatments are urgently needed. Herein we present an overview of the carbohydrate-based cell wall polymers associated with different S. aureus strains and the related affords to deliver well-defined fragments through synthetic chemistry. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Berni, Francesca AU - Berni F AD - Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Enotarpi, Jacopo AU - Enotarpi J AD - Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Voskuilen, Thijs AU - Voskuilen T AD - Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Li, Sizhe AU - Li S AD - Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - van der Marel, Gijs A AU - van der Marel GA AD - Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Codee, Jeroen D C AU - Codee JDC AD - Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: jcodee@chem.leidenuniv.nl. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210412 PL - England TA - Drug Discov Today Technol JT - Drug discovery today. Technologies JID - 101235076 RN - 0 (Carbohydrates) SB - IM MH - Carbohydrates MH - Cell Wall MH - *Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MH - *Staphylococcus aureus OTO - NOTNLM OT - Capsular polysaccharides OT - Synthetic antigens OT - Teichoic acids EDAT- 2021/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/13 11:54 PHST- 2020/11/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/12/13 11:54 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S1740-6749(21)00005-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ddtec.2021.01.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Discov Today Technol. 2020 Dec;38:35-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ddtec.2021.01.003. Epub 2021 Apr 12.