Inhibition of BK Virus Haemagglutination by Gangliosides Sinibaldi, Laura and Viti, Donatella and Goldoni, Paola and Cavallo, Giovanni and Caroni, Cecilia and Orsi, Nicola,, 68, 879-883 (1987), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-68-3-879, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 0022-1317, abstract= SUMMARY The effect of gangliosides extracted from human group O Rh+ erythrocytes on haemagglutination by BK virus was investigated. Experiments were performed on both ganglioside mixtures and isolated fractions separated by column chromatography and characterized by thin-layer chromatography. These results were compared with those obtained with standard preparations of gangliosides, and the inhibiting activity was shown to be confined mainly to gangliosides with a R Flower than GM1. It was also observed that the insertion of gangliosides in liposomes increased the haemagglutination-inhibiting activity and that ganglioside coating restored the ability of glycosidase- treated human red blood cells to agglutinate., language=, type=