Wheat germ agglutinin binding to a rat hepatoma cell line dRLa 74 treated with concanavalin A was studied. It increased depending on the concanavalin A concentration in the culture medium. The cells exhibited about twofold increase in wheat germ agglutinin-binding when pretreated with 50 micrograms/ml of concanavalin A for 48 h. The wheat germ agglutinin binding sites were shown to be localized...

Hypercalcemia has a variety of potential causes with most common been primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy accounting 90% cases. Other less hypercalcemia such as superimposed pseudohypercalcemia in the presence increased serum total calcium concentration but normal ionized level. We report evaluation for known history monoclonal gammopathy. case 71-year-old Caucasian male interstitial lun...

The activity of seven different types of biotinylated lectin were examined in normal and tumorous lacrimal gland tissue. In the normal lacrimal gland tissue, the glandular cells and the tubular epithelium were labeled by maclura pomifera agglutinin (MPA), soybean agglutinin (SBA), and bauhinia purpurea agglutinin (BPA). The myoepithelial cells were stained by griffonia simplicifolia agglutinin ...

The serum bactericidal test represents one of the few in vitro tests performed in the clinical microbiology laboratory that combines the interaction of the pathogen, the antimicrobial agent, and the patient. Although the use of such a test antedates the antimicrobial era, its performance, results, and interpretation have been subject to question and controversy. Much of the confusion concerning...