Galectins, a family of mammalian lectins with specificity to β‐galactosides, are involved in
growth‐regulatory mechanisms and cell adhesion. A relationship is assumed to exist …

Protein (lectin)‐carbohydrate interaction is supposed to be relevant for tumor cell behavior.
The aims of the present work are to investigate whether galectin‐1 modulates …

We show that high-grade astrocytic tumors with high levels of galectin-1 expression are
associated with dismal prognoses. The immunohistochemical analysis of galectin-1 …

Malignant gliomas, especially glioblastomas, are associated with a dismal prognosis.
Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, glioblastoma patients still have a median …

Object Galectin-1 is highly expressed in motile cell lines. The authors investigated whether
galectin-1 actually modulates the migration and invasion of human glioblastoma multiforme …

Using computer‐assisted microscopy, the present work aimed to quantitatively characterize
the level of the histochemically detectable expression of galectin‐3 and galectin‐3‐binding …

In order to elucidate the reason for conflicting results that have been published previously on
galectin-3 expression in human gliomas, we used single labeling and double labeling …

Galectins are evolutionarily conserved β-galactoside-binding lectins which recognize
specific glycoconjugates on the cell surface and the extracellular matrix. Accumulating …

Astrocytic tumors' aggressiveness results from an imbalance between cell proliferation and
cell death favoring growth, but also from the propensity of tumor cells to detach from the …

BACKGROUND The 31‐kilodalton β‐galactoside‐binding protein galectin‐3 has been
associated with cellular transformation and metastasis. Because neural tissues contain large …