ReviewGlycoconjugate journal2002
Galectins in parasite infection and allergic inflammation.
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- Evaluation of the Role of Galectins in Parasite Immunity.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Article
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- Galectins - Important players of the immune response to CNS parasitic infection.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Review
- Trichuris trichiura egg extract proteome reveals potential diagnostic targets and immunomodulators.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Galectin-Receptor Interactions Regulates Cardiac Pathology Caused byFrontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- The intestinal milieu influences the immunoproteome of male and femaleParasitology · 2020Article
- Trichinella spiralis co-infection exacerbates Plasmodium berghei malaria-induced hepatopathy.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
- Galectin Domain Containing Protein fromBiomolecules · 2020Article
- Identification and preliminary characterization of Hc-clec-160, a novel C-type lectin domain-containing gene of the strongylid nematode Haemonchus contortus.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- The roles of galectins in parasitic infections.Acta tropica · 2018Review
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- Transmembrane protein 147 (TMEM147): another partner protein of Haemonchus contortus galectin on the goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- Galectin isolated from parasite inhibits remission of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by up-regulating autoantibody.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2015Article
- Transmembrane protein 63A is a partner protein of Haemonchus contortus galectin in the regulation of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells.Parasites & vectors · 2015Article
- Galactose recognition by the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2012Article
- Roles of galectins in infection.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2009Review
- Functional characterization of an eosinophil-specific galectin, ovine galectin-14.Glycoconjugate journal · 2009Article
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Abstract
Galectins are increasingly recognised as important immunological mediators of homeostasis and disease regulation. This paper gives an overview of current knowledge of galectin involvement in parasite infection and allergic inflammation, two very different but immunologically linked phenomena. Galectins are produced by both the parasite and the host and appear to be intimately involved in parasite establishment, as well as directing the course of infection and the immune response. Host galectins have also been shown to be active participants in the recruitment of cells to sites of inflammation and modulating the effector function of mast cells, neutrophils and eosinophils. Moreover, the ability of galectins to induce differential expression of cytokine genes in leukocytes suggests that they are able to direct the nature of an adaptive immune response, in particular towards a T2-type allergic response.
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