"Plant Lectins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Protein or glycoprotein substances of plant origin that bind to sugar moieties in cell walls or membranes. Some carbohydrate-metabolizing proteins (ENZYMES) from PLANTS also bind to carbohydrates, however they are not considered lectins. Many plant lectins change the physiology of the membrane of BLOOD CELLS to cause agglutination, mitosis, or other biochemical changes. They may play a role in plant defense mechanisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D037121
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.503.499 D12.776.765.678
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| Concept/Terms |
Agglutinins, Plant- Agglutinins, Plant
- Phytagglutinins
- Plant Agglutinins
- Hemagglutinins, Plant
- Plant Hemagglutinins
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Lectins" by people in Profiles.
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Silos-Santiago I, Molliver DC, Ozaki S, Smeyne RJ, Fagan AM, Barbacid M, Snider WD. Non-TrkA-expressing small DRG neurons are lost in TrkA deficient mice. J Neurosci. 1995 Sep; 15(9):5929-42.
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Kr?ling BM, Jimenez SA, Sorger T, Maul GG. Isolation and characterization of microvascular endothelial cells from the adult human dermis and from skin biopsies of patients with systemic sclerosis. Lab Invest. 1994 Nov; 71(5):745-54.
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Collins NH, Carabasi MH, Bleau S, Jagiello C, Young JW, Castro-Malaspina H, Flomenberg N, Papadopoulos EB, Emanuel D, Gillio A, et al. New technology for the depletion of T cells from soybean lectin agglutinated, HLA-matched bone marrow grafts for leukemia: initial laboratory and clinical results. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1992; 377:427-39.
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Incefy GS, Flomenberg N, Heller G, Kernan NA, Brochstein J, Kirkpatrick D, Kapoor N, Groshen S, O'Reilly RJ. Evidence that appearance of thymulin in plasma follows lymphoid chimerism and precedes development of immunity in patients with lethal combined immunodeficiency transplanted with T cell-depleted haploidentical marrow. Transplantation. 1990 Jul; 50(1):55-61.
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Strayer DS, Dombrowski J. Immunosuppression during viral oncogenesis. V. Resistance to virus-induced immunosuppressive factor. J Immunol. 1988 Jul 01; 141(1):347-51.
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O'Reilly RJ, Keever C, Kernan NA, Brochstein J, Collins N, Flomenberg N, Laver J, Emanuel D, Dupont B, Cunningham I, et al. HLA nonidentical T cell depleted marrow transplants: a comparison of results in patients treated for leukemia and severe combined immunodeficiency disease. Transplant Proc. 1987 Dec; 19(6 Suppl 7):55-60.