Table 1 Lectin-binding pattern in healthy control tissue (HC), and Acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure tissue (ACHBLF) by histochemistrya.

From: Serum Glycopatterns as Novel Potential Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Acute-on-Chronic Hepatitis B Liver Failure

Lectin

HC tissue

ACHBLF tissue

Hepatocytes

Mesenchymal cells

Hepatocytes

Mesenchymal cells

UEA-I

++pc+n

+pc+n

+++pc+n

++pc+n+c

GSL-II

++c+cc

+n

+++c+cc

+c+cc+n

PHA-E + L

+m+pc

+m+c

++m+pc

++m+c

WFA

+c+n

+cc+pc

++c+pc

+++c+cc+n

AAL

++c+m

+c+m

+++c+m

++c+m

  1. aBinding intensity: +++, very strong binding; ++, strong binding; + , moderate binding; Binding regions: m, cell membrane; c, cytoplasm; cc, central cytoplasm; pc, perinuclear region of cytoplasm; n, nucleus.
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