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Terminal alpha (1,3) galactosyl galactoside epitopes (alpha-gal) on membrane glycoproteins expressed by vascular endothelial cells represent the major xenoreactive antigens in pig to primate xenotransplantation. In other discordant xenotransplantation combinations, such as from guinea pig to rat,
Galectin-1 is known to be one of the extracellular matrix proteins. To elucidate the biological roles of galectin-1 in cell adhesion and invasion of human anaplastic large cell lymphoma, we performed cell adhesion and invasion assays using the anaplastic large cell lymphoma cell line H-ALCL, which
The circular dichroism (CD) spectra of lectins from Dolichos biflorus, Helix pomatia, Lotus tetragonolobus, Phaseolus vulgaris (erythroagglutinin), Pisum sativum, Sophora japonica, and Ulex europaeus I were analyzed, before and after the conformational transitions which were effected by sodium
BACKGROUND
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) provide paracrine support to the vascular endothelium and may also replace damaged or senescent endothelial cells. Low numbers of endothelial progenitor colony-forming units (CFU-ECs) in culture are a predictive biomarker of vascular disease. We