Evaluation of WGA and Concanavalin A (Con A) lectin as biomarkers of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis in human biopsies with no evidence of egg-granuloma system Avaliação das lectinas WGA e Con A como biomarcadoras de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica em biopsias humanas sem evidência do sistema ovo-granuloma

Evaluation of WGA and Concanavalin A (Con A) lectin as biomarkers of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis in human biopsies with no evidence of egg-granuloma system Avaliação das lectinas WGA e Con A como biomarcadoras de esquistossomose hepatoesplênica em biopsias humanas sem evidência do sistema ovo-granuloma

Introduction: Colonic lesions are predominant in patients with schistosomiasis. However, carbohydrate alterations in colonic schistosomiasis remain unclear. Lectin-ligands allow us to identify changes in the saccharide patterns of cells. Methods: Biopsies of descending and rectosigmoid colon of pa...

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Main Authors: Moacyr Jesus Barreto de Melo Rêgo, Gabriela Souto Vieira-De-Mello, Cláudio Witaker Araújo, Maria do Socorro de Mendonça Cavalcanti, Eduardo Isidoro Carneiro Beltrão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Lectin histochemistry
Colonic lesions
Schistosomiasis
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