Introduction Understanding the molecular and cellular processes involved in skin wound
healing may pave the way for the development of innovative approaches to transforming the …

Understanding the molecular and cellular processes in skin wound healing can pave the
way for devising innovative concepts by turning the identified natural effectors into …

Impaired or delayed re-epithelialization underlies serious disorders of wound healing that
are painful, difficult to treat, and affect a variety of human tissues. Recent studies have …

Galectins are a family of proteins with at least one carbohydrate-recognition domain.
Galectins are present in various tissues and organs and participate in different physiological …

Re-epithelialization is a critical contributing process in wound healing in the human body.
When this process is compromised, impaired or delayed, serious disorders of wound …

A member of the lectin family, galectin-3 is a 250 amino-acid protein that contains a C-
terminus carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) that recognizes β-galactosides …

© 2011 The Japan Society of Histochemistry and Galectins are a family of carbohydrate-
binding proteins that modulate inflammation and immunity. This functional versatility …

Galectins are ten family members of carbohydrate-binding proteins with a high affinity for β
galactose-containing oligosaccharides. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is the first protein discovered in …

Upon healing, burn wounds often leave hypertrophic scars (HTSs) marked by excess
collagen deposition, dermal and epidermal thickening, hypervascularity, and an increased …

The galectin family comprises β‐galactoside–binding proteins widely expressed in many
organisms. There are at least 16 family members, which can be classified into three groups …