The galectin family consists of carbohydrate (glycan) binding proteins that are expressed by
a wide variety of cells and bind to galactose-containing glycans. Galectins can be located in …

The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 (Mpro) is the most promising drug target against
coronaviruses due to its essential role in virus replication. With newly emerging variants …

At present it is well-defined that autophagy is a fundamental process essential for cell life but
its pro-viral and anti-viral role has been stated out with the COVID pandemic. However …

There is an urgent need to better understand the impact of different severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants on immune response and disease …

Natural killer (NK) cells are a potent innate source of cytokines and cytoplasmic granules.
Their effector functions are tightly synchronized by the balance between the stimulatory and …

Background CD8+ T cells play an essential role against tumors but the role of human CD8+
CD26+ T cell subset against tumors, in particular, haematological cancers such as chronic …

Background There is an urgent need to understand the interplay between SARS-CoV-2 and
HIV to inform risk-mitigation approaches for HIV-infected individuals. Objectives We …

Galectins are an ancient family of lectins characterized by the specific binding of β-
galactosides through evolutionarily conserved sequence elements of the carbohydrate …

Background Galectins are an eleven-member class of lectins in humans that function as
immune response mediators and aberrancies in their expression are commonly associated …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has caused
a global economic and health crisis. Recently, plasma levels of galectin-9 (Gal-9), a β …