"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,
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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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plant Lectins" by people in Profiles.
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Tuning carbohydrate density enhances protein binding and inhibition by glycosylated ß-sheet peptide nanofibers. Biomater Sci. 2018 Aug 21; 6(9):2327-2335.
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Cancer Chemotherapy in Early Life Significantly Alters the Maturation of Pain Processing. Neuroscience. 2018 09 01; 387:214-229.
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Combinations of biomarkers and Milan criteria for predicting hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2015 May; 21(5):599-606.
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Monitoring early tumor response to drug therapy with diffuse optical tomography. J Biomed Opt. 2012 Jan; 17(1):016014.
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Spreading depression sends microglia on Lévy flights. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 26; 6(4):e19294.
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Administration-dependent efficacy of ferrociphenol lipid nanocapsules for the treatment of intracranial 9L rat gliosarcoma. Int J Pharm. 2012 Feb 14; 423(1):55-62.
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Galectin-1, an endogenous lectin produced by arterial cells, binds lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] in situ: relevance to atherogenesis. Exp Mol Pathol. 2007 Dec; 83(3):399-404.
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The utility of Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive alpha-fetoprotein in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation in a United States referral population. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Mar; 5(3):394-402; quiz 267.
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Lysosomal glycosphingolipid recognition by NKT cells. Science. 2004 Dec 03; 306(5702):1786-9.
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Detection of partial and complete acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa: which inducers and probes to use? Mol Hum Reprod. 1999 Mar; 5(3):214-9.