Galectins: regulators of acute and chronic inflammation.
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Galectins, beta-galactoside-binding animal lectins, are differentially expressed by various immune cells as well as a wide range of other cell types. Extracellularly, galectins are able to exhibit bivalent or multivalent interactions with cell-surface glycans on various immune cells and exert various effects. These include cytokine and mediator pro...
