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Comparative characterization of lectins of pathogenic and saprophytic filamentous fungi Fusarium solani [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 In the present study, we isolated, purified and characterized the lectin of the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium solani 6 and compared it with the properties of the lectin of the saprophytic strain Fusarium solani 4. Electrophoretically homogeneous lectin
Valiullin Lenar +6 more
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Glycans as Potential Diagnostic Markers of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
Diagnostics, 2023 Diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the acute setting is challenging due to the nonspecific and often transient or delayed symptoms. Further, the criteria for acute head imaging are frequently not fulfilled, which may lead to a missed ...
Mårten Kvist +4 more
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Echinacea purpurea L. (Moench) Hemagglutinin Effect on Immune Response In Vivo
Plants, 2021 Echinacea purpurea L. (Moench) is used in traditional and conventional medicine. However, there is lack of data on the biological activities of primary plant metabolite lectins.
Gabrielė Balčiūnaitė-Murzienė +6 more
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Lectin-Modified Magnetic Nano-PLGA for Photodynamic Therapy In Vivo
Pharmaceutics, 2022 The extreme aggressiveness and lethality of many cancer types appeal to the problem of the development of new-generation treatment strategies based on smart materials with a mechanism of action that differs from standard treatment approaches.
Vera L. Kovalenko +9 more
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Galectins Differentially Regulate the Surface Glycosylation of Human Monocytes
Biomolecules, 2022 Monocytes are circulating blood cells that rapidly mobilize to inflamed sites where they serve diverse effector functions shaped in part by microenvironmental cues.
Dina B. AbuSamra +2 more
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Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Penicillium sp. lectins [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2019 Lectins are a diverse group of proteins of non-immune origin that interact specifically with glycans. Owing to their specificity, they can mediate various cellular and molecular recognition processes.
Singh Ram S., Walia Amandeep K.
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Urtica dioica Agglutinin Prevents Rabies Virus Infection in a Muscle Explant Model
Pharmaceutics, 2023 Infection with the rabies virus (RABV) results in a 100% lethal neurological disease once symptoms develop. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consists of a combination of vaccination and anti-rabies immunoglobulins (RIGs); it is 100% effective if ...
Xinyu Wang +8 more
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Lectins with Anti-HIV Activity: A Review
Molecules, 2015 Lectins including flowering plant lectins, algal lectins, cyanobacterial lectins, actinomycete lectin, worm lectins, and the nonpeptidic lectin mimics pradimicins and benanomicins, exhibit anti-HIV activity.
Ouafae Akkouh +7 more
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Lectins in Cervical Screening [PDF]
Cancers, 2020 Cervical screening in low-resource settings remains an unmet need. Lectins are naturally occurring sugar-binding glycoproteins whose binding patterns change as cancer develops. Lectins discriminate between dysplasia and normal tissue in several precancerous conditions.
Michael Sheaff +11 more
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Lectins with Potential for Anti-Cancer Therapy
Molecules, 2015 This article reviews lectins of animal and plant origin that induce apoptosis and autophagy of cancer cells and hence possess the potential of being developed into anticancer drugs. Apoptosis-inducing lectins encompass galectins, C-type lectins, annexins,
Tammy Yau +3 more
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