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Lectin Histochemistry: Historical Perspectives, State of the Art, and Future Directions

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Histochemistry of Single Molecules

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Lectins, discovered more than 100 years ago and defined by their ability to selectively recognize specific carbohydrate structures, are ubiquitous in living organisms. Their precise functions are as yet under-explored and incompletely understood but they are clearly involved, through recognition of their binding partners, in a myriad of biological mechanisms involved in cell identity, adhesion, signaling, and growth regulation in health and disease. Understanding the complex “sugar code” represented by the “glycome” is a major challenge and at the forefront of current biological research. Lectins have been widely employed in histochemical studies to map glycosylation in cells and tissues. Here, a brief history of the discovery of lectins and early developments in their use is presented along with a selection of some of the most interesting and significant discoveries to emerge from the use of lectin histochemistry. Further, an evaluation of the next generation of lectin-based technologies is presented, including the potential for designing recombinant lectins with more precisely defined binding characteristics, linking lectin-based studies with other technologies to answer fundamental questions in glycobiology and approaches to exploring the interactions of lectins with their binding partners in more detail.

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Brooks, S.A. (2023). Lectin Histochemistry: Historical Perspectives, State of the Art, and Future Directions. In: Pellicciari, C., Biggiogera, M., Malatesta, M. (eds) Histochemistry of Single Molecules. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2566. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2675-7_6

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