[Lectin electron histochemistry in the skin in patients with exfoliation syndrome]

Exfoliation syndrome has recently been suggested to have a more widespread distribution from the findings of exfoliative-like material outside the globe. To determine whether exfoliative-like material and exfoliative material are identical, they were characterized by electron microscopic lectin histochemistry using sixteen kinds of lectin; PNA, RCA60 and 120, ABA, DBA, SBA, ConA, LCA, WGA, DSA, PHA-E4 and L4, UEA-I, Lotus, MAM and SSA. The staining pattern indicated that sugar residues in these two materials on the trabecular meshwork, lens, and skin have the same characteristics, containing glycoconjugates with sugar residues of beta-galactosyl, alpha-mannosyl, N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl, and terminal sialic acid.