Lectin cytochemical demonstration of glucose- and mannose-containing glycoconjugates on human reactive astrocytes

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 441, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 584-588

  Kawai, Kensuke ^a   Terada, Seishi ^a   Yokota, Osamu ^a   Fujita, Daisuke ^a   Ishizu, Hideki ^b   Kuroda, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Con A; Cytochemistry; LCA; PSA; Reactive astrocyte

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALPHA METHYL MANNOSIDE; CONCANAVALIN A; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; MANNOSE; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELL ADHESION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENTIL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PEA; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONCANAVALIN A; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MALE; PLANT LECTINS;

EID: 0036454173     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-002-0636-7     Document Type: Article

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