Pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of autoimmune conditions include as an active ingredient a soluble lectin having a molecular weight of about 14 kilodaltons or a fragment thereof. The lectin or fragment binds .beta.-galactoside-containing moieties independent of the presence or absence...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6245334?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6245334 - Method of causing selective immunosuppression using HL-60-related lectins
