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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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Evidence for a "wattle and daub" model of the cyst wall of entamoeba. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2009 The cyst wall of Entamoeba invadens (Ei), a model for the human pathogen Entamoeba histolytica, is composed of fibrils of chitin and three chitin-binding lectins called Jacob, Jessie3, and chitinase.
Anirban Chatterjee +6 more
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Functional Diversity of Novel Lectins with Unique Structural Features in Marine Animals
Cells, 2023 Due to their remarkable structural diversity, glycans play important roles as recognition molecules on cell surfaces of living organisms. Carbohydrates exist in numerous isomeric forms and can adopt diverse structures through various branching patterns ...
Tomomitsu Hatakeyama, Hideaki Unno
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Toward Enhanced Antibiotic Efficacy: Exploring the Synergistic Potential of Marine-Derived Lectins Against Human Pathogenic Bacteria [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThis study aimed to assess the combined antibacterial effect of lectins and antibiotics on S. aureus ATCC 25923, multidrug-resistant E. coli ATCC 11303 and S. aureus ATCC 700698.
RÔMULO F. CARNEIRO +9 more
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Research Progress in the Allergenicity of Kidney Bean Lectins [PDF]
Shipin Kexue, 2023 Kidney beans are one of the most important economic legumes in China, and are cultivated extensively worldwide for their high nutritional value. However, food safety incidents caused by improper or inadequate cooking of kidney beans have occurred from ...
GAO Kuan, HE Shudong
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Molecules, 2017 We aimed to explore the roles of glycoproteins in the pathogenesis of chronic and latent Keshan disease (CKD and LKD), and screen the lectins as indicators of significant differences in glycoproteins of KD saliva and serum.
Sen Wang +7 more
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Jurnal Kedokteran Hewan, 2016 The objective of this study was to identify the type of specific glycoconjugates and its distribution in testicular spermatogenic cells in muntjak (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak) based on lectins histochemistry.
Sri Wahyuni +9 more
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The Roles of Direct Recognition by Animal Lectins in Antiviral Immunity and Viral Pathogenesis
Molecules, 2015 Lectins are a group of proteins with carbohydrate recognition activity. Lectins are categorized into many families based on their different cellular locations as well as their specificities for a variety of carbohydrate structures due to the features of ...
Yang Liu +5 more
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Patologìâ, 2015 Aim. 69 cases of gastric cancer were investigated, among them 31 cases of diffuse type, 25 cases of intestinal and 13 mixed-type, using lectins of eight specificities: wheat germ, peanut, edible snail, common elder, laburnum tree, soybeans, lentils and ...
R. B. Kondratyuk +2 more
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The Antiviral Potential of Algal Lectins
Marine Drugs, 2023 Algae have emerged as fascinating subjects of study due to their vast potential as sources of valuable metabolites with diverse biotechnological applications, including their use as fertilizers, feed, food, and even pharmaceutical precursors.
Christian Alvarez +2 more
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