Galectins are a class of proteins that bind specifically to β-galactoside sugars, such as N-acetyllactosamine (Galβ1-3GlcNAc or Galβ1-4GlcNAc), which...
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Galectin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS3 gene. Galectin-3 is a member of the lectin family, of which 14 mammalian galectins have...
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Galectin-9 was first isolated from mouse embryonic kidney in 1997 as a 36 kDa beta-galactoside lectin protein. Human galectin-9 is encoded by the LGALS9...
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Galectin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS1 gene. LGALS1 contains four exons. The galectin-1 protein is 135 amino acids in length and...
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Galectin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS7 gene. The galectins are a family of beta-galactoside-binding proteins implicated in modulating...
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Galectin-8 is a protein of the galectin family that in humans is encoded by the LGALS8 gene. This gene encodes a member of the galectin family. Galectins...
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Galectin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS4 gene. The galectins are a family of beta-galactoside-binding proteins implicated in modulating...
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Belapectin (also known as GR-MD-02) is a galectin-3 inhibitor developed by Galectin Therapeutics that is in clinical trials for the treatment of non-alcoholic...
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Galectin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a soluble beta-galactoside binding lectin. The...
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involved in response to lysosomal damage, often directed by galectins such as galectin-3 and galectin-8. One of the mechanisms of programmed cell death (PCD)...
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Charcot–Leyden crystals are microscopic crystals composed of eosinophil protein galectin-10 found in people who have allergic diseases such as asthma or parasitic...
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July 1, 2013. In 2021, Carson joined Galectin Therapeutics to assist with development of the company's galectin-3 inhibitor, belapectin, as a treatment...
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Galectin-3-binding protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS3BP gene. The galectins are a family of beta-galactoside-binding proteins...
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CLC (gene) (redirect from Galectin-10)
Galectin-10 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CLC gene. Lysophospholipases are enzymes that act on biological membranes to regulate the multifunctional...
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factor-2 (Lect2) Insulin amyloidosis Insulin Galectin-7 amyloidosis (primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis) Galectin-7 (Gal7) Corneodesmosin amyloidosis Corneodesmosin...
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fibrosis, cancer and inflammation. The company was founded in 2011 by leading galectin scientists and biotech executives from Sweden, United Kingdom, and Denmark...
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Selvigaltin (GB1211) is the first small-molecule, orally delivered galectin-3 inhibitor to be discovered. It is developed by Galecto Biotech, which is...
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glycolysis in these tumors is probably related to their aggressive biology. Galectin-1 in TNBC is a beta-galactosidase-binding protein that shields cancer cells...
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oligodendrocytes or neuronal cells that secreted neuroprotective factors. Galectin-1 is expressed in adult NSCs and has been shown to have a physiological...
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confirmed to be within the venom are cystatins, peroxiredoxin and galectin. Galectin induces cell death in its victims and cystatins inhibit defense enzymes...
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TB006 is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting galectin-3, which is suspected to be a factor in the formation of amyloid plaques. Cummings, Jeffrey...
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MH, Kimura T, et al. (October 2016). "TRIMs and Galectins Globally Cooperate and TRIM16 and Galectin-3 Co-direct Autophagy in Endomembrane Damage Homeostasis"...
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LGALS13 (redirect from Galectin-13)
binding site is lack of key residue for binding beta-galactoside. It is a galectin-like protein. The ligand of this protein is still unknown. PP13 levels...
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thiolase/enoyl-Coenzyme A hydratase (trifunctional protein), beta subunit HSPC159: Galectin-related protein ID2-AS1: encoding protein Id2 antisense rna 1 (head to...
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Andrea; Carpi, Federico; Mechanick, Jeffrey I.; Bartolazzi, Armando (2010). "Galectin-3 detection on large-needle aspiration biopsy improves preoperative selection...
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of the following main elements: collagen, fibronectin-like molecules, galectin, and a minor component, dermatopontin. These polypeptides form the extracellular...
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glycan-binding sites is recognizes by carbohydrate domain of another ligands galectin-9 (Gal-9). The mucin domain is variable in a member of the TIM family,...
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of P. pulmonarius may slow the proliferation of cancer cells with high galectin-3 levels, while at the same time downregulate tumour cell adherence – which...
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how such tumors can be regressed. He also looked at the properties of galectins, and how they show potential for disease. Rabinovich was born in Córdoba...
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chemically induced colitis and augments inflammatory responses through galectin-3". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197 (7): 972–980. doi:10.1086/528990...
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