title: Evonymus europaeus agglutinin as a marker of endothelial cells in the human.
abstract: Vascular endothelial cells were marked with Evonymus europaeus agglutinin (EEA) in the major organs of 6 subjects to reveal the anatomical distribution of positive elements in the human after fixation in paraformaldehyde-lysine-periodate and embedding in paraffin. EEA may be used as a marker of human adult vascular endothelium in the same way as Ulex europaeus Agglutinin 1, revealing the same positive endothelial and epithelial territories. The intensity of labeling was constant in a given subject of the B blood group. In A or 0 individuals the cerebral endothelium showed a much lower reactivity than the cardiac endothelium. This lectin, equally active in higher mammals, offers the unique advantage of direct comparison between species.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000166:cytology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; C047161:Evonymous europa lectin; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; C036850:Ulex europaeus lectins