Galectins are a family of proteins that bind to specific glycans thereby deciphering the
information captured within the glycome. In the last two decades, several galectin family …

The scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) superfamily of soluble or membrane-bound
protein receptors is characterized by the presence of one or several repeats of an ancient …

Galectin-3 is a pleiotropic carbohydrate-binding protein involved in a variety of normal and
pathological biological processes. Its carbohydrate-binding properties constitute the basis …

Mucosal epithelial cell layers are constantly exposed to a complex resident microflora.
Deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 (DMBT1) belongs to the group of secreted scavenger …

Salivary agglutinin (SAG), lung glycoprotein-340 (gp-340) and Deleted in Malignant Brain
Tumours 1 (DMBT1) are three names for identical proteins encoded by the dmbt1 gene …

Galectin-3 is highly expressed in epithelial cells including keratinocytes and is involved in
the pathogenesis of inflammatory skin diseases by affecting the functions of immune cells …

Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors-1 protein (DMBT1), salivary agglutinin (DMBT1SAG),
and lung glycoprotein-340 (DMBT1GP340) are three names for glycoproteins encoded by …

Abstract Galectin-3 (Gal-3) belongs to galectin protein family, a type of β-galactose-binding
lectin having more than one evolutionarily conserved domain of carbohydrate recognition …

Purpose: Most studies accept a multistep pathogenic process in melanoma that may include
the phases of benign nevi and dysplastic nevi, melanoma, and metastatic melanoma …

Suspension of cultured human foreskin keratinocytes (HKs) with trypsin phosphorylates
tyrosine residues on an 80-kDa membrane glycoprotein, p80 (Xia, Y., Gil, SG, and Carter …