Human thymic epithelial cells express an endogenous lectin, galectin-1, which binds to core 20-glycans on thymocytes and T lymphoblastoid cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 877-887

  Baum, Linda G ^a   Pang, Mabel ^a   Perillo, Nancy L ^a   Wu, Terry ^a   Delegeane, Angelo ^c   Uittenbogaart, Christel H ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^b   Seilhamer, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Experimental Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; GALECTIN 1; HEMAGGLUTININ; LECTIN; LEUKOSIALIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHILD; EPITHELIUM; GALECTIN 1; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMAN; INFANT; LECTINS; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RABBITS; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029257527     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.181.3.877     Document Type: Article

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