Table of Contents
Frontmatter — 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-Radioimmunoelectrophore
