Evolving mechanistic insights into galectin functions

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1207, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Arthur, Connie M ^a   Baruffi, Marcelo Dias ^a   Cummings, Richard D ^a   Stowell, Sean R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cell adhesion; Cellular turnover; Galectin; Glycan binging protein (GBP); Homeostasis; Immunity; Neoplasia

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; GALECTINS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 84921839935     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1396-1_1     Document Type: Article

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