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ArticleGlycoconjugate journal1996

Galectin-1 is expressed by thymic epithelial cells in myasthenia gravis.

C Hafer-Macko, M Pang, J J Seilhamer, L G Baum

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Article in Glycoconjugate journal, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C Hafer-MackoNeuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA School of Medicine 90095, USA.
M Pang
J J Seilhamer
L G Baum
University of California, Los Angeles · USIncyte (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galectin-1, a member of a family of carbohydrate binding proteins, is synthesized by thymic epithelial cells in normal juvenile thymus, and mediates adhesion of immature T cells to thymic epithelium. Because cell adhesion molecules are proposed to play a role in the thymic hyperplasia and neoplasia seen in the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, we examined the expression of galectin-1 in myasthenic thymi. We detected abundant galectin-1 expression in thymic epithelial cells in 27 hyperplastic and neoplastic thymi from patients with myasthenia gravis. Primary cultures of neoplastic epithelial cells from a thymoma continued to express galectin-1, and bound immature T cells; T cell binding was inhibited by the addition of the beta-galactosides lactose and thiodigalactoside, suggesting that galectin-1 on the thymoma cells and a saccharide ligand on the T cells participated in cell-cell adhesion. Expression of galectin-1 by thymic epithelial cells may play a role in the thymic pathology seen in myasthenia gravis.

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beta-GalactosidaseCell AdhesionEpithelial CellsEpitheliumGalectin 1HemagglutininsHumansMyasthenia GravisThymomaThymus GlandT-LymphocytesTumor Cells, Culturedbeta-GalactosidaseGalectin 1Hemagglutinins

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PMID8872116
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