Unlocking the secrets of galectins: A challenge at the frontier of glyco-immunology

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 741-752

  Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^a   Rubinstein, Natalia ^a   Fainboim, Leonardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Auto immunity; Immunoregulation; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALAPTIN; GALECTIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATION; LECTINS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0036587663     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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