Gh. Veeneman et al., SYNTHESIS OF SIALIC-ACID LIPID CONJUGATES AND THEIR NEURITOGENIC EFFECTS ON N1E.115 NEUROBLASTOMA-CELLS, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(1), 1995, pp. 9-14
Several sialic acid-lipid conjugates having one or more sialic acid re
sidues were prepared via phosphite and methylthiomethyl intermediates.
The synthetic compounds were found to promote neurite outgrowth on N1
E.115 neuroblastoma cells. In particular, the trisialocholesterol deri
vative 19 exhibited potent neuritogenic activity.