Roles of galectins in inflammatory bowel disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 5133-5137

  Hokama, Akira ^a   Mizoguchi, Emiko ^b,c   Mizoguchi, Atsushi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Crohn's disease; Galectin; Glycosylation; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pathogenesis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSAMINE; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 2; GALECTIN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

APOPTOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GALECTINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 58149214509     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5133     Document Type: Review

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