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SUBMITTER: Cervantes-Jimenez R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179211 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cervantes-Jiménez Ricardo R Sánchez-Segura Lino L Estrada-Martínez Laura Elena LE Topete-Camacho Antonio A Mendiola-Olaya Elizabeth E Rosas-Escareño Abraham Noé AN Saldaña-Gutiérrez Carlos C Figueroa-Cabañas Mónica Eugenia ME Dena-Beltrán José Luis JL Kuri-García Aarón A Blanco-Labra Alejandro A García-Gasca Teresa T
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200226 5
Lectins are bioactive proteins with the ability to recognize cell membrane carbohydrates in a specific way. Diverse plant lectins have shown diagnostic and therapeutic potential against cancer, and their cytotoxicity against transformed cells is mediated through the induction of apoptosis. Previous works have determined the cytotoxic activity of a Tepary bean (<i>Phaseolus acutifolius</i>) lectin fraction (TBLF) and its anti-tumorigenic effect on colon cancer. In this work, lectins from the TBLF ...[more]