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Galectins as Molecular Targets for Therapeutic Intervention.


ABSTRACT: Galectins are a family of small, highly conserved, molecular effectors that mediate various biological processes, including chemotaxis and angiogenesis, and that function by interacting with various cell surface glycoconjugates, usually targeting ?-galactoside epitopes. Because of their significant involvement in various biological functions and pathologies, galectins have become a focus of therapeutic discovery for clinical intervention against cancer, among other pathological disorders. In this review, we focus on understanding galectin structure-function relationships, their mechanisms of action on the molecular level, and targeting them for therapeutic intervention against cancer.

SUBMITTER: Dings RPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5877766 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Galectins as Molecular Targets for Therapeutic Intervention.

Dings Ruud P M RPM   Miller Michelle C MC   Griffin Robert J RJ   Mayo Kevin H KH  

International journal of molecular sciences 20180319 3


Galectins are a family of small, highly conserved, molecular effectors that mediate various biological processes, including chemotaxis and angiogenesis, and that function by interacting with various cell surface glycoconjugates, usually targeting β-galactoside epitopes. Because of their significant involvement in various biological functions and pathologies, galectins have become a focus of therapeutic discovery for clinical intervention against cancer, among other pathological disorders. In thi  ...[more]

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