Current advancements in pectin: extraction, properties and multifunctional applications

V Chandel, D Biswas, S Roy, D Vaidya, A Verma… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pectin is a heterogeneous hydrocolloid present in the primary cell wall and middle lamella in
all dicotyledonous plants, more commonly in the outer fruit coat or peel as compared to the …

Drug targeting opportunities en route to Ras nanoclusters

K Pavic, R Chippalkatti, D Abankwa - Advances in Cancer Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Disruption of the native membrane organization of Ras by the farnesyltransferase inhibitor
tipifarnib in the late 1990s constituted the first indirect approach to drug target Ras. Since …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of NK cell receptor ligands in primary colorectal cancer tissue in relation to the phenotype of circulating NK-and NKT cells, and clinical outcome

D Krijgsman, J Roelands, MN Andersen… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Natural killer (NK) cells and natural killer T (NKT) cells are implicated in the
development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). Tumor cells express NK cell …

Galectin-3 and cancer Immunotherapy: a glycobiological rationale to overcome tumor immune escape

G Scafetta, C D'Alessandria, A Bartolazzi - Journal of Experimental & …, 2024 - Springer
Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has radically changed the landscape of
therapeutic opportunities in oncology, but much still needs to be understood from a …

[HTML][HTML] Galectin-3 depletion tames pro-tumoural microglia and restrains cancer cells growth

A Rivera-Ramos, L Cruz-Hernández, R Talaverón… - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a multifunctional protein that plays a pivotal role in the
initiation and progression of various central nervous system diseases, including cancer …

Intratumoral administration of the antisecretory peptide AF16 cures murine gliomas and modulates macrophage functions

J Kopecky, JE Pérez, H Eriksson, E Visse, P Siesjö… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Glioblastoma has remained the deadliest primary brain tumor while its current therapy offers
only modest survival prolongation. Immunotherapy has failed to record notable benefits in …

Relative bioavailability and food effect of the galectin-3 inhibitor selvigaltin (GB1211) administered as a tablet in healthy participants (GALBA-1)

V Aslanis, K Abd-Elaziz, RJ Slack, A Brinch… - Cancer Chemotherapy …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Overexpression of galectin-3, a β-galactoside-binding lectin, is associated with
fibrotic diseases and cancer. Selvigaltin is an oral galectin-3 inhibitor, previously …

Lectins in Health and Diseases: Galectins and Cancer

S Nandi, S Ghosh, A Ranjan, RS Sood, JK Pal… - Lectins: Innate immune …, 2022 - Springer
Galectins, the glycan-binding family of lectins, have been known to mediate a multitude of
biological functions with the help of their unique 'sugar-sensing'carbohydrate recognition …

Novel methods of malignant brain tumor treatment utilizing the tumor microenvironment

J Kopecky - 2022 - portal.research.lu.se
Malignant brain tumors constitute a disaster in the lives of patients, either in the form of
extremely low survival in glioblastoma, or the serious long-term adverse effects of therapy in …

Evaluation of galectin-3 expression in ameloblastoma stromal fibroblasts and its association with recurrence

N Mahdavi, S Derakhshan, N Heidari - Koomesh, 2022 - brieflands.com
: Introduction: Ameloblastoma is a benign odontogenic neoplasm with a high risk of
recurrence. Ameloblastoma stromal fibroblasts are associated with tumor growth and …