Glycoconjugates: synthesis, functional studies, and therapeutic developments

SS Shivatare, VS Shivatare, CH Wong - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoconjugates are major constituents of mammalian cells that are formed via covalent
conjugation of carbohydrates to other biomolecules like proteins and lipids and often …

Targeting galectin-driven regulatory circuits in cancer and fibrosis

KV Mariño, AJ Cagnoni, DO Croci… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Galectins are a family of endogenous glycan-binding proteins that have crucial roles in a
broad range of physiological and pathological processes. As a group, these proteins use …

[HTML][HTML] Immunotherapy in soft tissue and bone sarcoma: unraveling the barriers to effectiveness

M Panagi, P Pilavaki, A Constantinidou… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sarcomas are uncommon malignancies of mesenchymal origin that can arise throughout the
human lifespan, at any part of the body. Surgery remains the optimal treatment modality …

Molecular determinants of immunogenic cell death elicited by radiation therapy

C Galassi, V Klapp, T Yamazaki… - Immunological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells undergoing immunogenic cell death (ICD) can initiate adaptive immune
responses against dead cell‐associated antigens, provided that (1) said antigens are not …

Galectin-1: a traditionally immunosuppressive protein displays context-dependent capacities

X Yu, J Qian, L Ding, S Yin, L Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Galectin–Carbohydrate interactions are indispensable to pathogen recognition and immune
response. Galectin-1, a ubiquitously expressed 14-kDa protein with an evolutionarily …

Resistance to anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1: Galectin-3 inhibition with GB1211 reverses galectin-3-induced blockade of pembrolizumab and atezolizumab binding to PD-1/PD …

J Mabbitt, ID Holyer, JA Roper, UJ Nilsson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a β-galactoside-binding lectin that is highly expressed
within the tumor microenvironment of aggressive cancers and has been suggested to predict …

Cisplatin Nanoparticles Promote Intratumoral CD8+ T Cell Priming via Antigen Presentation and T Cell Receptor Crosstalk

H Yao, N Shen, G Ji, J Huang, J Sun, G Wang… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanomedicines are highly promising for cancer therapy due to their minimal side effects.
However, little is known regarding their host immune response, which may limit their clinical …

Galectins as pivotal components in oncogenesis and immune exclusion in human malignancies

NI Kapetanakis, P Busson - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Galectins are galactoside-binding proteins, exerting numerous functions inside and outside
the cell, particularly conferring adaptation to stress factors. For most of them, aberrant …

Dynamic polarization of tumor-associated macrophages and their interaction with intratumoral T cells in an inflamed tumor microenvironment: from mechanistic …

J Han, L Dong, M Wu, F Ma - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy has brought a paradigm shift in the treatment of tumors in recent decades.
However, a significant proportion of patients remain unresponsive, largely due to the …

Galectins in cancer and the microenvironment: functional roles, therapeutic developments, and perspectives

CH Li, YC Chang, MH Chan, YF Yang, SM Liang… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Changes in cell growth and metabolism are affected by the surrounding environmental
factors to adapt to the cell's most appropriate growth model. However, abnormal cell …