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Lectins as Natural Antibiofilm Agents in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance: A Review [PDF]

Molecules
Biofilms are complex microbial communities embedded in a self-produced extracellular polymeric matrix. These structures confer increased resistance/tolerance to antimicrobial agents and immune responses, posing a serious challenge in both clinical and ...
Thiago Henrique Napoleão, Thiago Lucas da Silva Lira, Emmanuel Viana Pontual, Gustavo Ramos Salles Ferreira, Pollyanna Michelle da Silva   +4 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,
Xiuli Dan, Tzi Bun Ng
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An Update of Lectins from Marine Organisms: Characterization, Extraction Methodology, and Potential Biofunctional Applications

Marine Drugs, 2022
Lectins are a unique group of nonimmune carbohydrate-binding proteins or glycoproteins that exhibit specific and reversible carbohydrate-binding activity in a non-catalytic manner.
Mirja Kaizer Ahmmed, Shuva Bhowmik, Stephen G. Giteru, Md. Nazmul Hasan Zilani, Parise Adadi, Shikder Saiful Islam, Osman N. Kanwugu, Monjurul Haq, Fatema Ahmmed, Charlene Cheuk Wing Ng, Yau Sang Chan, Md. Asadujjaman, Gabriel Hoi Huen Chan, Ryno Naude, Alaa El-Din Ahmed Bekhit, Tzi Bun Ng, Jack Ho Wong   +16 more
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Man-Specific Lectins from Plants, Fungi, Algae and Cyanobacteria, as Potential Blockers for SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Coronaviruses: Biomedical Perspectives

Cells, 2021
Betacoronaviruses, responsible for the “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome” (SARS) and the “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome” (MERS), use the spikes protruding from the virion envelope to attach and subsequently infect the host cells.
Annick Barre, Els J. M. Van Damme, Mathias Simplicien, Sophie Le Poder, Bernard Klonjkowski, Hervé Benoist, David Peyrade, Pierre Rougé   +7 more
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Can Plant Lectins Help to Elucidate Insect Lectin-Mediated Immune Response?

Insects, 2021
Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that recognize and selectively bind to specific sugar structures. This group of proteins is widespread in plants, animals, and microorganisms, and exerts a broad range of functions.
Pengyu Chen, Kristof De Schutter, Els J. M. Van Damme, Guy Smagghe   +3 more
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Russulaceae FAMILY MUSHROOMS LECTINS: FUNCTION, PURIFICATION, STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND POSSIBILITIES OF PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS [PDF]

Biotechnologia Acta, 2019
The purpose of this paper was to analise the results of own author’s research and literature date of other authors that concerned lectins of Russulaceae family mushrooms, which, despite their widespread, are still poorly investigated. Most studies merely
Panchak L. V.
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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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Characterization and antimicrobial activity of lectins purified from three Egyptian leguminous seeds

AMB Express, 2020
Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that play vital roles in many biological processes. In this study, lectins from three Egyptian cultivars (fava bean, lentil, and pea) were isolated by precipitation with different concentrations of ammonium ...
Magda M. El-Araby, Einas H. El-Shatoury, Mervat M. Soliman, Hanan F. Shaaban   +3 more
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Partial Purification and Characterization of the Lectins of Two Varieties of Phaseolus coccineus (Ayocote Bean)

Agronomy, 2022
In this study, a partial purification and characterization of the lectins from two varieties of Phaseolus coccineus (black and purple ayocote bean) was carried out.
Leopoldo González-Cruz, Carmen Valadez-Vega, José Mayolo Simitrio Juárez-Goiz, Norma Leticia Flores-Martínez, José Luis Montañez-Soto, Aurea Bernardino-Nicanor   +5 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, Tzi Bun Ng, Senjam Sunil Singh, Cuiming Yin, Xiuli Dan, Yau Sang Chan, Wenliang Pan, Randy Chi Fai Cheung   +7 more
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