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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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Glycotope structures and intramolecular affinity factors of plant lectins for Tn/T antigens [PDF]

, 2011
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A Babino, AA Jeyaprakash, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, AM Wu, E Zenteno, EJM Damme Van, GF Springer, GF Springer, GF Springer, GWG Bird, K Puri, KA Kulkarni, KA Kulkarni, M Duk, M Duk, M Sarkar, N Taniguchi, N Vega, R Lotan, R Ravishankar, R Sankaranarayanan, R Zenteno, S Hirohashi, S Tollefsen, SH Itzkowitz, SI Hakomori, SI Hakomori, SI Hakomori, SJ Rinderle, T Singh, T Singh, T Singh, TR Transue, V Piller, W Wang, X Lee, Y Yoda   +42 more
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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 Ciências
This 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, PEDRO ARTHUR S. TABOSA, JOSÉ GABRIEL S. CÂNDIDO, VINÍCIUS PAULINO P. MENEZES, PEDRO ABILIO V. ROCHA JÚNIOR, ALEXANDRE L. ANDRADE, MAYRON A. VASCONCELOS, EDSON H. TEIXEIRA, CELSO S. NAGANO, ALEXANDRE H. SAMPAIO   +9 more
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Heterogeneity in glycan composition on the surface of HIV-1 envelope determines virus sensitivity to lectins. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Lectins that target N-glycans on the surface of HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoprotein have the potential for use as antiviral agents. Although progress has been made in deciphering the molecular details of lectin and Env glycan interaction, further studies ...
Muzafar Jan, Chitra Upadhyay, José Alcami Pertejo, Catarina E Hioe, Sunil K Arora   +4 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, Carina Félix, Marco F. L. Lemos   +2 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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Lectins, Interconnecting Proteins with Biotechnological/Pharmacological and Therapeutic Applications

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017
Lectins are proteins extensively used in biomedical applications with property to recognize carbohydrates through carbohydrate-binding sites, which identify glycans attached to cell surfaces, glycoconjugates, or free sugars, detecting abnormal cells and ...
L. Coelho, P. M. S. Silva, V. Lima, E. V. Pontual, P. Paiva, T. Napoleão, M. Correia   +6 more
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Roles of Glycoproteins in the Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Chronic and Latent Keshan Disease

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, Zheng Fan, Bing Zhou, Yingting Wang, Peiru Du, Wuhong Tan, Mikko J. Lammi, Xiong Guo   +7 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, Sudip K Ghosh, Ken Jang, Esther Bullitt, Landon Moore, Phillips W Robbins, John Samuelson   +6 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, Jianying Liu, Xiaojing Pang, Tao Liu, Zhijie Ning, Gong Cheng   +5 more
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