Proceedings of the Fourth Lectin Meeting: Copenhagen, June 1981

T. C. Bøg-Hansen

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9783111185804
• eBook ISBN: 9783111555928
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Biochemistry in Medicine

Table of contents

• Preface
• Contents
• Part I. Biological Effects and Biological Functions of Lectins
• Histophathological Changes Induced in Mice by the Plant Toxin Ricin and its Highly Purified Subunits A-Chain and B-Chain
• Suppression of Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis in Guinea Pigs and Rats by Concanavalin A
• Lectins, Allergens and Mucus
• Effect of Viscum Lectin on Histamine Release from Human Leukocytes
• Analysis of the Recycling Behaviour of Galactose-Specific Lectins on Rat Liver Cells
• Interaction of Soybean Agglutinin with Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subpopulations: Evidence for the Existence of a Lectin-Like Substance on the Lymphocyte Surface
• A Recognition Mechanism in the Adhesion of Nematodes to Nematode-Trapping Fungi
• The Lectin-Producing Cells in the Sponge Tissue
• The Non-Random Distribution of Lectin in the Azolla caroliniana-Anabaena azollae Symbiosis
• Distribution, Specificity and in vivo Significance of Phytolectins
• Occurrence of Lectin During the Life Cycle of Lathyrus Species
• Part II. Cell Receptors and Cell Reactions
• Monosaccharides and Tamm-Horsefal1 Glycopeptide Inhibit Allogeneic Antigen-Induced Lymphocyte Blàstogenesis in One-Way Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• Murine 3T3 Cell Deformability and Concanavalin A Agglutination -- Correlation with a Physical Model System
• Lectin Binding to and Lectin Induced Agglutination of Haemopoietic Cells
• Lectin Binding by Malaria Infected Erythrocytes
• A Tumor Specific WGA-Receptor on a Chemically Induced Carcinoma
• Distribution of Lectin Receptors in Neonatal and Embryonic Mouse Tissue
• Interaction of Peroxidase-Coupled Helix pomatia Lectin with Rat Hepatoma Cells
• Use of Lectins for the Characterization of the Insulin Receptor Glycosidic Moiety in Rat Adipocytes and Hepatocytes
• Ricin 120 as a Selective Marker in the Nervous System
• The Role of the Cell Coat in Palatal Shelves Adhesion. The Action of Neuraminidase and Limulus polyphemus Lectin on Shelves Cultivated in vitro
• Mobility of Con A Receptors at the Surface of Palatal Shelves before Closure of the Secondary Palate
• Increased Alpha-Galactosidase Activity in Normal and Fabry Fibroblasts Treated with Con A and Purified Enzyme
• Lectin-Induced Surface Changes in Lymphocytes of Gnotobiotic Pigs
• Mitogenic Lectins and Alpha-Fetoprotein as Modulators of Lymphocyte Surface Enzyme Activities
• Part III. Macromolecules and Lectins
• Specific Interaction of R-Type Lipopolysaccharides with Lectins Versus their Non-Specific Reactivity with Basic and Hydrophobic Proteins
• Lectin Receptors in Proteogalactans from the Albumin Gland of Achatina fulica
• Affinity of Leucoagglutinin (L-PHA), Compared with Dolichos biflorus Lectin and Con A, for Human Tamm- Horsefall Glycopeptide
• Interaction of Haptoglobin with Lectin
• Interaction of Polyclonal and Monoclonal Human Immunoglobulins G with Various Lectins (Concanavalin A, Lentil and Pea Lectins)
• Changes in the Relative Amount of Individual Microheterogeneous Eorms of Serum Alpha-l-Antichymotrypsin in Disease
• Study of the ConA Binding of Human Alpha-1 Acid Glycoprotein during the Acute Inflammatory Process. Evidence for Alpha-1 Acid Glycoprotein Populations of Different pi Values after ConA Affinity Chromatography in Normal and Inflammatory Sera
• Crossed Affinity Immunoelectrophoresis of Factor VIII- Related Antigen in van Willebrand's Disease
• Comparability of Carbohydrate Heterogeneity Patterns of Human Alpha-Fetoprotein in Different Biological Fluids
• Demonstration and Quantification of Microheterogeneity Forms of Human Alpha-Fetoprotein by Lectin Affinity Electrophoresis
• Estimation of ConA-Binding and Non-Binding Forms of Human Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) by Rocket Line Affino Immuno Electrophoresis
• Crossed Charge-Shift Affino-Immunoelectrophoresis of Human and Murine Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP)
• Heterogeneity of Human Ferritins Studied by Crossed Lectin-Affinity-Radioimmunoelectrophoresis
• Quantitation of Non-Binding and ConA-Binding Serum Ferritin by Lectin-Affinity-Radioimmunoelectrophoresis
• Sequential Lectin Affinity Chromatography for Purification of the MHC-Alloantigens on Chicken Erythrocytes
• A Note on the Heterogeneity of Plant Enzyme Preparations. Acid Phosphatases from Grass Seeds
• Part IV. Methods Based Upon Reactions of Lectins
• A New Technique for Studying the Early Events of Lymphocyte Activation by Mitogens
• Lectin Typing of Leishmania-Strains from the New and Old World
• The Lectin-Neuraminidase-Assay (LN-Test). A Clinical Use of the Arachis Lectin for Diagnosis
• Lectin-Antibody and Lectin-Lectin Conjugates
• Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions Studied in a Two-Phase System
• Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions as a Tool to Quantify Microbial Cells
• Studies on the Thermodynamic Evaluation of Concanavalin A-Carbohydrate Interaction by Means of Affinity Electrophoresis
• Computational Evaluation of Molecular Forms Separated by Crossed Affino Immunoelectrophoresis
• Further Control Experiments with Lectins to Assess Microheterogeneity of Glycoproteins
• Isoelectric Focusing as a Method for Electrophoretic Desorption in Lectin Affinity Chromatography
• Rate Nephelometric Measurement of Wheat Germ Lectins
• Quality Control of Commercial Phytohemagglutinins (PHA) from Red Kidney Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• Part V. Distribution, Isolation,and Characterization of Lectins
• A Polyagglutinating, Non-Mitogenic Lectin from Arion empiricorum (Ael)
• Occurrence and Characterization of Phytolectins in Indian Plants
• The Search for New Lectin Sources on the Baja California peninsula
• Some New Phytohemagglutinins: Their Interaction with Red Blood Cells and Serum Proteins
• The Lectin from Garden Cress (Lepidium sativum). Isolation and Characterization
• Isolation of two Lectins from the Cactus Macharocereus eruca
• The Isolation, further Characterization and Localization of Pea Seed Lectin (Pisum sativum L.)
• The Isolation and Characterization of an Unusual Seed Lectin from a 'Lectin-Free' Cultivar of Phaseolus vulgaris, Pinto III, and its Relationship to Lectins Synthesize'd by Root Cells
• Further Studies on the Mitogenic Activity, Sugar Specificity and Affinity Properties of Vicia sativa Lectin
• A Simple Method for the Preparation of the two Different Chains of the Misteltoe Lectin I
• Appendix
• Discussion
• A Report from the International Working Party on Standardization of Lectins for Diagnosis. On the Necessity of Standardized Products
• Erratum to Vol. 2
• Author Index
• Subject Index