title: Carbohydrates as recognition molecules in macrophage activities.
abstract: Mononuclear phagocyte functions are critically dependent on cell surface recognition events. This review describes a number of receptors that appear to recognize simple sugars and function in the clearance of foreign or effete material or in the stimulation of other cellular processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Weir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015054:Zymosan / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D015054:Zymosan