Galectin-3: a potential prognostic and diagnostic marker for heart disease and detection of early stage pathology

A Hara, M Niwa, T Kanayama, K Noguchi, A Niwa… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
… However, to date, such ideal biomarkers of heart disease have yet to be identified, despite …
a candidate molecular heart disease biomarker, galectin-3 (Gal-3). Galectins are composed of …

Analysis of galectin3 levels as a source of coronary heart disease risk during periodontitis

G Isola, A Polizzi, A Alibrandi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Galectins have a key role as modulators of cell surface functions and signaling in a wide range
of inflammatory diseases … coronary heart disease (CHD) on salivary and serum Galectin-3

The Role of Galectin-3 in Predicting Congenital Heart Disease Outcome: A Review of the Literature

A Făgărășan, M Săsăran, L Gozar, A Crauciuc… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Hence, Gal-3 has been found to be an individual predictor of acute and chronic heart failure
… In congenital heart disease (CHD), Gal-3 correlates with cardiac mortality and complications …

Prognostic value of plasma galectin-3 levels in patients with coronary heart disease and chronic heart failure

X Yu, Y Sun, Y Zhao, W Zhang, Z Yang… - International heart …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… In this study, we evaluated the prognostic value of plasma galectin-3 levels in patients with
coronary heart disease (CHD) and chronic heart failure (HF) and selected 261 CHD patients …

Galectin-3 in patients with coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation

Q Kang, XL Li, M Yang, T Fernando, Z Wan - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
… Compared with the control group, Galectin 3 levels in patients with coronary heart disease
; Compared with SAP group, a rise in Galectin 3 levels were observed in patients with UAP or …

The role of galectin3 in heart failure and cardiovascular disease

X Zhong, X Qian, G Chen… - Clinical and Experimental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
heart disease, including hypertension, HF and cardiomyopathy.3, 4 Galectin-3, a member of
the galectin … Indeed, accumulating evidence has shown that galectin-3 mediates myocardial …

Circulating galectin-3 levels are increased in patients with ischemic heart disease, but are not influenced by acute myocardial infarction

EG Singsaas, CA Manhenke, K Dickstein, S Orn - Cardiology, 2016 - karger.com
… This study presents novel, important data regarding circulating Gal-3 in ischemic heart
disease. There was no relationship between Gal-3 levels and acute myocardial ischemic injury, a …

Prognostic value of galectin-3 in adults with congenital heart disease

VJM Baggen, AE van den Bosch, JA Eindhoven… - Heart, 2018 - heart.bmj.com
… patients with heart failure. This study aims to investigate the release of galectin-3 and its
association with cardiovascular events in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). …

The diagnostic and therapeutic potential of galectin-3 in cardiovascular diseases

G Sygitowicz, A Maciejak-Jastrzębska, D Sitkiewicz - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Galectin-3 plays a prominent role in chronic inflammation and has been implicated in the
development of many disease conditions, including heart disease. Galectin-3, a regulatory …

Prognostic utility of galectin-3 for recurrent cardiovascular events during long-term follow-up in patients with stable coronary heart disease: results of the KAROLA …

H Jansen, W Koenig, A Jaensch, U Mons… - Clinical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… for heart failure and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, it remains unclear whether
galectin-3heart disease (CHD) after adjustment for multiple established and novel risk factors. …