Table 1.

Gangliosides and their interacting proteins.

Ganglioside	Interacting Protein	Reference
GM3	EGF receptor	[15]
	Insulin receptor	[4,19,20]
GD3	p130Cas, paxillin	[18]
	Lyn, TAG-1	[16,17]
GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b	NGF receptors	[21,22,23]
GM1, GD1a	Leptin/Ob receptor	[3,24]
b-series gangliosides	Leptin	[25]

EGF, epidermal growth factor; TAG-1, transient axonal glycoprotein-1; NGF, nerve growth factor.