Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lectins and pathology : an overview / Michel Caron and Annie-Pierre Sève -- Carrier-immobilized carbohydrate ligands : design of the lectin-detecting tools and their clinical applications with focus on histopathology / Hans-J. Gabius ... [et al.] -- Lectins, microglia and Alzheimer's disease / Paolo Zatta and Pamela Zambenedetti -- Role of galectin-3 in inflammation / Fu-Tong Liu -- The role of galectin-3 in tumor metastasis / Pratima Nangia-Makker ... [et al.] -- Laminin-binding lectins during cancer invasion and metastasis / Frédéric A. van den Brûle and Vincent Castronovo -- Lectins as diagnostic tools and endogenous targets in AIDS and prion diseases / Heinz C. Schröder, Werner E.G. Müller and John M.S. Forrest -- Protein-carbohydrate interactions in the attachment of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli to the intestinal mucosa / Edilbert Van Driessche, Françoise De Cupere and Sonia Beeckmans -- Lectin-carbohydrate interactions in bacterial pathogenesis / Michèle Mouricout and Bruno Védrine -- Lectin-mediated interaction of parasites and host cells / Najma Bhat and Honorine D. Ward.