Immunomodulatory activity of a pedicellarial venom lectin from the toxopneustid sea urchin,<i>Toxopneustes pileolus</i>

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Kozue Edo, Hitomi Sakaia, Hideyuki Nakagawa*a, Tamiko Hashimotoc, Mitsuko Shinoharad & Kiyoshi Ohurada Division of Environmental Symbiosis, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japanb Department of Nutritional Sciences, Yasuda Women's University, Hiroshima, Japanc Department of Dietary Life and Food Sciences, Junior College Division, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japand Department of Pharmacology, Osaka Dental University, Hirakata, Japan