altered glycosylation of proteins in cancer cells is one of the main processes responsible for anaplasia, invasion and metastatic potential of neoplastic cells. lectins are nonimmunogenetic compounds which specifically detect certain terminal sugars of glycoconjugates. the aim of the present study was to identify the n-acetylgalactosamine (galnac) containing glycoconjugates in cancer cells in a...

examples of inter- and intramolecular direct co-functioning of lectins and enzymes are summarized. the data indicate importance of lectin-enzyme relationships in molecular and clinical microbiology and medical biotechnology. lectin-enzyme relationships have extended prospects in medicine and biotechnology.

The development of sensitive and selective assays for protein biomarkers other biological analytes is important advancing the fields clinical diagnostics bioanalytical chemistry. potential advantages using aptamers in electrochemical sandwich are being increasingly recognized. These may include an aptamer as both capture detection agent or a combination with different partner such antibody, lec...

lectins first discovered more than 100 years ago in plants, they are now known to be present throughout nature. phytohemagglutinin (pha), the lectin extract from the red kidney bean ( phaseolus vulgaris ), contain potent, cell agglutinating and mitogenic activities. they play a role in biological recognition phenomena involving cells and proteins towards medical applications. the present articl...

Two types of nonspacer- and spacer-N-linked tetravalent glycosides bearing N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), N,N'-diacetylchitobiose [(GlcNAc)(2)] and N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) were designed and prepared as glycomimetics. The interactions of wheat germ (Triticum vulgaris) agglutinin (WGA) and coral tree (Erythrina cristagalli) agglutinin (ECA) with a series of tetravalent glycosides and related ...

One of the most well-characterized tests for diagnosing neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay developed at the CDC, which uses lentil lectin-bound glycoproteins (LLGP) extracted from Taenia solium cysticerci. Although the test is very reliable, the purification process for the LLGP antigens has been difficult to transfer to other laboratories beca...

one of the important parts of innate immunity is complement system that occurs in three different ways; the classic, the alternative and the lectin pathway. the four pattern recognition molecules that have been identified till now are mannose binding lectin (mbl), a component of lectin pathway, and three ficolins (ficolin1,-2 and -3) which compound to the carbohydrates of the cell surface. mbl ...