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SUBMITTER: Pasmatzi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6668939 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pasmatzi Efstathia E Papadionysiou Christina C Monastirli Alexandra A Badavanis George G Tsambaos Dionysios D
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia 20190729 3
Galectin 3 is a unique ~31 kDa protein that recognizes the N-acetyl-lactosamine structure of several glycoconjugates. It mainly occurs in epithelial and myeloid cells, but is also found in a variety of human cell types. In view of the crucial role played by galectin 3 in the regulation of cellular processes of essential importance and in the pathogenetic mechanisms of diverse disorders, it is not surprising that, particularly in the last three decades, the attention of the scientific community h ...[more]