Lectin binding: a genuine marker for transganglionic regulation of human primary sensory neurons.
Medium-sized human dorsal root ganglion cells and their central terminals in the upper dorsal horn exert preferential affinity for Ulex europaeus I lectin. Lectin binding of glycoconjugates outlines lamina III (+IIi) and disappears after peripheral neurotomy, which renders it a useful marker to study transganglionic regulation in man.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D037121:Plant Lectins; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; C036850:Ulex europaeus lectins