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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 +3 more
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Information transfer in mammalian glycan-based communication
eLife, 2023 Glycan-binding proteins, so-called lectins, are exposed on mammalian cell surfaces and decipher the information encoded within glycans translating it into biochemical signal transduction pathways in the cell.
Felix F Fuchsberger +6 more
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C-Type Lectin Receptors in Asthma [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 Asthma is a heterogeneous disease that affects approximately 300 million people worldwide, largely in developed countries. The etiology of the disease is poorly understood, but is likely to involve specific innate and adaptive responses to inhaled microbial components that are found in allergens.
Sabelo Hadebe +5 more
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C-type lectins and extracellular vesicles in virus-induced NETosis
Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 Dysregulated formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) is observed in acute viral infections. Moreover, NETs contribute to the pathogenesis of acute viral infections, including those caused by the dengue virus (DV) and severe acute respiratory ...
Pei-Shan Sung, Shie-Liang Hsieh
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C-type lectins and phagocytosis
Immunobiology, 2009 To recognise and respond to pathogens, germ-line encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) bind to conserved microbial structures and activate host defence systems, including microbial uptake by phagocytosis. Phagocytosis is a complex process that is instrumental in the control of extracellular pathogens, and this activity is mediated by several ...
Kerrigan, Ann, Brown, Gordon D
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Animal lectins as cell adhesion molecules [PDF]
, 1998 Protein-carbohydrate interaction is exploited in cell adhesion mechanisms besides the recognition of peptide motifs. The sugar code thus significantly contributes to the intriguing specificity of cellular selection of binding partners.
Kaltner, H., Stierstorfer, B.
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Prognostic significance of endogenous adhesion/growth-regulatory lectins in lung cancer [PDF]
, 2005 Objective: To determine the expression of endogenous adhesion/growth-regulatory lectins and their binding sites using labeled tissue lectins as well as the binding profile of hyaluronic acid as an approach to define new prognostic markers.
Szöke, Tamas +9 more
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Transmission-blocking antibodies against mosquito C-type lectins for dengue prevention. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2014 C-type lectins are a family of proteins with carbohydrate-binding activity. Several C-type lectins in mammals or arthropods are employed as receptors or attachment factors to facilitate flavivirus invasion.
Yang Liu +8 more
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The immune role of C-type lectins in molluscs [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2011 The phylum Mollusca is one of the largest and most important group in the animal kingdom. Recently, interest in molluscan immunity has increased due to their importance in worldwide aquaculture, their role in aquatic environmental science and their ...
L Wang, L Wang, M Huang, H Zhang, L Song
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The Third Dimension of Reading the Sugar Code by Lectins [PDF]
, 2013 Coding of biological information is not confined to nucleic acids and proteins. Endowed with the highest level of structural versatility among biomolecules, the glycan chains of cellular glycoconjugates are well-suited to generate molecular messages ...
Murphy, Paul +7 more
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