Galectins: Novel anti-inflammatory drug targets

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 461-468

  Liu, Fu Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carbohydrates; Cell adhesion; Chemoattraction; Galectins

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; GENE CONTROL; LECTIN BINDING SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GALACTOSIDES; GALECTINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0036045364     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.6.4.461     Document Type: Review

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