SLC35A2 and asthma: Our findings further suggest that UGT enzymes may influence other cellular pathways in which UDP-sugars also participate, including the synthesis of the extracellular matrix component hyaluronan, protein glycosylation, and as ligands of the purinergic receptor P2Y14, which is involved in inflammation, asthma, fibrosis and acute kidney diseases [6,7,49,50].