Bio-production of lactobionic acid: current status, applications and future prospects

S Alonso, M Rendueles, M Díaz - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Lactobionic acid has appeared on the commercial scene as a versatile polyhydroxy acid
with numerous promising applications in the food, medicine, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and …

Galectin-1: a traditionally immunosuppressive protein displays context-dependent capacities

X Yu, J Qian, L Ding, S Yin, L Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Galectin–Carbohydrate interactions are indispensable to pathogen recognition and immune
response. Galectin-1, a ubiquitously expressed 14-kDa protein with an evolutionarily …

Targeting galectin-1 overcomes breast cancer-associated immunosuppression and prevents metastatic disease

T Dalotto-Moreno, DO Croci, JP Cerliani… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Abstract Galectin-1 (Gal1), an evolutionarily conserved glycan-binding protein, contributes to
the creation of an immunosuppressed microenvironment at sites of tumor growth. In spite of …

High expression of Galectin‐1 in pancreatic stellate cells plays a role in the development and maintenance of an immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic …

D Tang, Z Yuan, X Xue, Z Lu, Y Zhang… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Galectin‐1 is implicated in making tumor cells immune privileged, in part by regulating the
survival of infiltrating T cells. Galectin‐1 is strongly expressed in activated pancreatic stellate …

Serum galectin-2,-4, and-8 are greatly increased in colon and breast cancer patients and promote cancer cell adhesion to blood vascular endothelium

H Barrow, X Guo, HH Wandall, JW Pedersen, B Fu… - Clinical cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Purpose: Adhesion of disseminating tumor cells to the blood vascular endothelium is a
pivotal step in metastasis. Previous investigations have shown that galectin-3 concentrations …

Polymeric biomaterial-inspired cell surface modulation for the development of novel anticancer therapeutics

AK Jangid, S Kim, K Kim - Biomaterials Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Immune cell-based therapies are a rapidly emerging class of new medicines that directly
treat and prevent targeted cancer. However multiple biological barriers impede the activity of …

Galectin-1 research in T cell immunity: past, present and future

F Cedeno-Laurent, CJ Dimitroff - Clinical immunology, 2012 - Elsevier
Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is one of 15 evolutionarily conserved ß-galactoside-binding proteins that
display biologically-diverse activities in pathogenesis of inflammation and cancer. Gal-1 is …

Immunosuppressive roles of galectin-1 in the tumor microenvironment

Y Huang, HC Wang, J Zhao, MH Wu, TC Shih - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Evasion of immune surveillance is an accepted hallmark of tumor progression. The
production of immune suppressive mediators by tumor cells is one of the major mechanisms …

Galectin-1 as a potent target for cancer therapy: role in the tumor microenvironment

K Ito, K Stannard, E Gabutero, AM Clark… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2012 - Springer
The microenvironment of a tumor is a highly complex milieu, primarily characterized by
immunosuppression, abnormal angiogenesis, and hypoxic regions. These features promote …

Galectin-9 in tumor biology: a jack of multiple trades

R Heusschen, AW Griffioen, VL Thijssen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2013 - Elsevier
Galectin family members have been shown to exert multiple roles in the context of tumor
biology. Several recent findings support a similar multi-faceted role for galectin-9. Galectin-9 …