Suppression of low-dose streptozotocin-induced diabetes by immunomodulatory lectins

Autor: H, Kolb, M, Oschilewski, E, Schwab, B, Greulich, P, Roos, U, Kiesel
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Diabetes research (Edinburgh, Scotland). 3(4)
ISSN: 0265-5985
Popis: The effect of immunomodulatory lectins on diabetes development following low-dose streptozotocin treatment in inbred mice was studied. All lectins administered had been shown previously to suppress immune reactivity. Among plant lectins concanavalin A but not Lens culinaris or wheat germ agglutinin partially suppressed hyperglycaemia following low-dose streptozotocin. A similar inhibitory effect was found for the staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Finally, administration of an immunomodulatory lectin from vertebrates, electrolectin, also had a beneficial effect on the course of the disease. These findings indicate that some lectins have a suppressive effect on Type 1 diabetes in an animal model.
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