Morphological Changes in Humans


 * CI significantly alter the glycosylation patterns of the airway epithelial surface and modulate galectin expression (NITA-LAZAR et al., 2015).
 * In vitro studies on the human airway epithelial cell line A549 revealed that both Gal1 and Gal3 bind strongly to IAV and SP, and that exposure of the cells to viral neuraminidase or IV infection increased galectin-mediated SP adhesion to the cell surface (NITA-LAZAR et al., 2015).