Microbial lectins and their prospective mitogenic potential

RS Singh, AK Walia - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The binding of mitogenic lectins to the glycoconjugates on cell surface receptor triggers
multitude of reactions involving different signal transduction pathways which ultimately …

Structural aspects and biomedical applications of microfungal lectins

RS Singh, AK Walia, JF Kennedy - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lectins are unique biorecognition molecules that identify cell surface carbohydrates/
glycoproteins and play significant role in various interactions. They are ubiquitous glycan …

Purification and Characterization of a Mucin Specific Mycelial Lectin from Aspergillus gorakhpurensis: Application for Mitogenic and Antimicrobial Activity

RS Singh, HP Kaur, J Singh - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins or glycoproteins that bind reversibly
to specific carbohydrates present on the apposing cells, which are responsible for their …

Purification and characterization of a mitogenic lectin from Penicillium duclauxii

RS Singh, AK Walia, JF Kennedy - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lectins are proteins/glycoproteins of non-immune origin which interact specifically and non-
covalently with carbohydrate moieties on the cell surface. In this study, a lectin was purified …

A fucose specific lectin from Aspergillus flavus induced interleukin-8 expression is mediated by mitogen activated protein kinase p38

MS Ghufran, K Ghosh, SR Kanade - Medical Mycology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aspergillus flavus is an ubiquitous, opportunistic fungus responsible to cause invasive
fungal allergic diseases, including bronchopulmonary invasive aspergillosis in persons with …

Microbial lectins as a potential therapeutics for the prevention of certain human diseases

S Bektas, E Kaptan - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Lectins are protein or glycoprotein molecules with a specific ability to bind to carbohydrates.
From viruses to mammals, they are found in various organisms and exhibit remarkable …

Microbial lectins

AS Rubeena, A Abraham, KM Aarif - Lectins: Innate immune defense and …, 2022 - Springer
Lectins are group of proteins which specifically binds to carbohydrate on the cell surface.
Microbial lectins are the glycoproteins present in microorganisms which assists them to bind …

Purification and characterization of a mycelial mucin specific lectin from Aspergillus panamensis with potent mitogenic and antibacterial activity

RS Singh, HP Kaur, J Singh - Process Biochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
A lectin was isolated from Aspergillus panamensis mycelia using single-step affinity
chromatography on porcine stomach mucin coupled Sepharose 4B. A purification fold of …

Immunomodulatory and Therapeutic Potential of a Mycelial Lectin from Aspergillus nidulans

RS Singh, R Bhari, V Rana, AK Tiwary - Applied biochemistry and …, 2011 - Springer
Lectins bind to surface receptors on target cells, and activate a cascade of events, eventually
leading to altered immune status of host. The immunomodulatory potential of purified lectin …

An overview of lectin–glycan interactions: a key event in initiating fungal infection and pathogenesis

S Ballal, SR Inamdar - Archives of microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Infections due to microfungi are of serious concern in many parts of the world. Many species
of microfungi are known to cause systemic infection in human beings. Pathogenic …