Carbohydrate-binding proteins in cancer, and their ligands as therapeutic agents

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 187-192

  Nangia Makker, Pratima ^a   Conklin, Jeffrey ^a   Hogan, Victor ^a   Raz, Avraham ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; LECTIN; LIGAND;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; GALECTINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036220325     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(02)02295-5     Document Type: Review

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