Lectins : Biomedical Perspectives

1. Lectins and Pathology : An Overview 2. Carrier-immobilized Carbohydrate Ligands: Design of the Lectin-detecting Tools and their Applications with Focus on Histopatholgy 3. Lectins, Microglia and Alzheimer's Disease 4. The Role of Galectin-3 in Inflammation 5. The Role of Galectin-3 in Tumor Metastasis 6. Laminin-binding Lectins during Cancer Invasion and Metastasis 7. Lectins as Diagnostic Tools and Endogenous Targets in AIDS and Prion Diseases 8. Protein-carbohydrate Interactions in the Attachement of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli to the Intestinal Mucosa 9. Lectin-carbohydrate Interactions in Bacterial Pathogenesis 10. Lectin-Mediated Interaction of Parasites with Host Cells