ABSTRACT
The intestinal tract is particularly useful for the topographic evaluation of normal epithelial cells that undergo increasing differentiation and maturation. Topographic mapping of the intestinal tract has been done as stem cells in the base of intestinal crypts divide and migrate toward the lumen. The aim of this chapter is to review the role of lectins in nature, their binding to receptors in normal, premalignant and malignant intestinal cells along with other intestinal diseases, and finally, it addresses some of the potential directions for future research.
