Authors Cell type Lectin and sugar identified Technique Reference
BilyyandStoika Murine Leukemia cell of L1210 line PSL (α-mannose)
RCA-120 (β- -D-galactose)
Lectincytochemical study 46
Bilyy, et al. Murine Leukemia cell of L1210 line
Murine fibroblast of L929 cell line
Human Adenocarcinoma MCF-7 line wild type (wt)
Resistant to doxorubicin (DOX/R) human leukemiaJurkat cell lines
PSL (α-manonose)
RCA-120 (β-D-galactose)
Lectincytochemical study 44
BilyyandStoika In vitro: murine and human cell lines
In vivo: Lymphocytes, murine splenocytes inoculated to mouse treated with dexamethasone, murine leukemia L1210 cells inoculated to mouse treated with doxoribicin
PSL, PMRL, GNA, NPL (α-D-mannose)
RCA, VAA.(β-D-galactose)
Lectincytochemical study 47
Bilyy, et al. Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of normal donors andreumatoidartritis patients. VAA (β-D-galactose) Lectincytochemical study 51
Batisse, et al. U-937 cells MAA and SNA (Sialic acids) Flow Cytometry
Lectin Blot
48
Franz, et al. Peripheral blood lymphocyte
Nonadherenthematopoetic cell lines Jurkat Raji
U-937 cells
GSL II (terminal-α,β-GlcNAc), NPn ( α-D-mannosylresidues), UEA-I (L- Fucose) Lectin-cytochemical analysis; Flow cytometry 49
Malagolini, et al. Colon cancer cell lines SW48 and SW948
Cell lines HT29 (colon),MCF7 (breast)
Panc1 (pancreas), HT1376 (bladder)
SNA (Neu5Ac α 2,6-Gal) LectinCytochemical analysis
Lectin Blot
50
Azuma, et al. Human colon adenocarcinoma cell line (HT-29); human monocytic cell line (THP-1) RCA ((β-D-galactose), LFA (Sialic acid), AAL (fucose linked (α -1,6) to N-acetylglucosamine), Con-A (α-mannose) Flow Cytometry 53
Table 1: Bibliography related with the identification of apoptotic somatic cells using lectins.