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Lectins
Glyscope/glycan analysis
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Lectins and Sugar chains
About Lectins
What are lectins?
Hemagglutination activity assay
How to use biotin-labeled lectin
Use as a mitogen
Lectin Agarose
Lectin solubility
About sugar chains
Functions of glycans
Glycans and disease
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Since 1980, basic research on sugar chains has progressed rapidly, and sugar chains play important roles in and outside the body. A number of examples have been reported (table below). While these basic researches will continue to be actively pursued in the future, applied research using them is also progressing gradually. One example is the application to diagnosis and treatment. Methods for preventing and treating infections by controlling the function of sugar chains (glycopharmaceuticals, artificial proteins) and methods for diagnosing disease-specific changes in sugar chains are being developed.
Sugar Chain - related features | Relevant substance 1 | Relevant substance 2 | Application |
Bacterial Infection | Cell surface Glycans | Bacterial Lectins E.coli Adhesin |
Infection Control |
Viral Infection | Cell surface sugar | Viral Lectin Influenza Virus Hepatits B virus Cell surface Lectin CD4 brain membrane |
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Protozoan parasitism, Infection | Cell surface sugar | Adhesion molecules of protozoa Malaria |
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Binding of toxins | Cell surface sugar | Toxin Vibrio Cholerae etc |
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Hormone Binding | Cell surface Glycans | Hormones | |
Fertilization | Sperm receptor | Vitelline membrane recognition Molecule Glycosyltransferase |
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Developmental Differentiation | Cell surface Glycans | ||
Blood Cell differentiation | Cell surface Glycans | ||
Protein Clearance Asialoglycoprotein | Lectins in animals Galactose-binding protein |
DDS | |
Intracellular transport of enzymes |
Glycans of lysosomal enzymes Mannose 6-phosphate |
Mannose 6-phosphate receptor |
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Protein Stability Glycan | Proteases etc | ||
Leukocyte Adhesion (Inflammatory response, immune response) |
Leukocyte Lymphocyte surface sugar chain Vascular endothelial cell |
Inflammatory site E-selectin | |
Cancer cell metastasis |
Cancer cell sugar chain |
Vascular endothelial cell Selectin |
Diagnostics Vaccine Development |
Apoptosis | Cell surface glycans |
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