Different galectins can stimulate superoxide production by human neutrophils

ELOLA, MARÍA TERESA; FINK, N. E.

Milán

Congreso; Advanced Technology and Biotechnology for the Clinical Laboratory; 1997

International Federation of Clinical Chemistry-Association of the Italian Clinical Microbiologists

Galectins are lectins which exhibit beta-galactoside-binding activity in a Ca-independent fashion and share a consensus sequence in the carbohydrate binding domain.