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Table 2 Lectin staining, subjectively described from ++ (very strong) to - (absent) during a primary infection with O.ostertagi.

From: Infection with the gastrointestinal nematode Ostertagia ostertagi in cattle affects mucus biosynthesis in the abomasum

lectin

time (dpi/dpe)a

mucusb

SMCc

MNCd

UEAI

0

+/-

-

++

 

14

+/-

+/-

++

 

21

+

+

++

 

60

+

+

++

WGA

0

++

++

++

 

14

++

++

++

 

21

+

+

+

 

60

+

+

+

RCA120

0

++

++

++

 

14

++

++

++

 

21

++

++

+

 

60

++

++

++

DBA

0

++

++

++

 

14

++

++

++

 

21

++

++

++

 

60

+

+

++

SBA

0

++

++

++

 

14

++

+

++

 

21

++

++

++

 

60

++

++

++

PNA

0

+

++

++

 

14

+

+

++

 

21

+/-

+/-

+/-

 

60

+

+

++

  1. UEA-I binds L-fucose, WGA binds N-acetyl glucosamine, RCA120, DBA, SBA and PNA belong to the galactose/N-acetylgalactosamine binding lectins.
  2. adpi: days post infection (14, 21) dpe: days post exposure (60).
  3. bmucus: extracellular mucus on the surface of the epithelial cells.
  4. cSMCs: surface mucus cells.
  5. dMNCs: mucus neck cells.