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Galectin-3: Applications, Clinical significance & Function

Galectin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS3 gene. Galectin-3 is a member of the lectin family, of which 14 mammalian galectins have been identified.

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Galectin-3 topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications, Clinical significance and Function as prominent areas in the source structure around Galectin-3.

Related topics
110
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
115
Extracted relationships
157
Related term clusters
28
Bridge connections
115

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Clinical significance · 60 topics
Function · 18 topics
Overview · 18 topics
Clinical applications · 11 topics
Interactions · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
LGALS3, CBP35, GAL3, GALBP, GALIG, L31, LGALS2, MAC2, lectin, galactoside binding soluble 3, galectin 3
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1A3K, 1KJL, 1KJR, 2NMN, 2NMO, 2NN8, 2XG3, 3AYA, 3AYC, 3AYD, 3AYE, 3T1L, 3T1M, 3ZSJ, 3ZSK, 3ZSL, 3ZSM, 4BLI,…
Band
14q22.3 · 14|14 C1
Bgee
mucosa of colon · palpebral conjunctiva · mucosa of sigmoid colon · bronchial epithelial cell · nasal epithelium
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 14 (human) · Chromosome 14 (mouse)

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Galectin-3
5Protein · Gene · Lectin
6Cell-cell adhesion · Extracellular matrix · Macrophage
3Carbohydrate · Amino acid · Galactoside
4Nucleus (cell) · Cytoplasm · Mitochondrion

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Overview

Function

Clinical significance

Clinical applications

Interactions

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Galectin-3 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Galectin-3 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Galectin-3 → antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide, carbohydrate binding, cell differentiation, cell surface, chemoattractant activity, collagen-containing extracellular matrix, cytoplasm, eosinophil chemotaxis, epithelial cell differentiation, extracellular exosome, extracellular matrix, extracellular region, extracellular space, ficolin-1-rich granule membrane, galectin complex, IgE binding, immune system process, immunological synapse, innate immune response, laminin binding Another extracted example is Galectin-3 → amniotic fluid, bronchial epithelial cell, calvaria, decidua, gastrula, granulocyte, jejunal mucosa, left colon, lip, mucosa of colon, mucosa of ileum, mucosa of sigmoid colon, mucosa of transverse colon, nasal epithelium, palpebral conjunctiva, skin of abdomen, skin of external ear, stroma of bone marrow, transitional epithelium of urinary bladder. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Galectin-3

Top relations

Gene ontology · 54
Galectin-3 → antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide, carbohydrate binding, cell differentiation, cell surface, chemoattractant activity, collagen-containing extracellular matrix, cytoplasm, eosinophil chemotaxis, epithelial cell differentiation, extracellular exosome, extracellular matrix, extracellular region, extracellular space, ficolin-1-rich granule membrane, galectin complex, IgE binding, immune system process, immunological synapse, innate immune response, laminin binding
Bgee · 19
Galectin-3 → amniotic fluid, bronchial epithelial cell, calvaria, decidua, gastrula, granulocyte, jejunal mucosa, left colon, lip, mucosa of colon, mucosa of ileum, mucosa of sigmoid colon, mucosa of transverse colon, nasal epithelium, palpebral conjunctiva, skin of abdomen, skin of external ear, stroma of bone marrow, transitional epithelium of urinary bladder
RNA expression pattern · 19
Galectin-3 → amniotic fluid, bronchial epithelial cell, calvaria, decidua, gastrula, granulocyte, jejunal mucosa, left colon, lip, mucosa of colon, mucosa of ileum, mucosa of sigmoid colon, mucosa of transverse colon, nasal epithelium, palpebral conjunctiva, skin of abdomen, skin of external ear, stroma of bone marrow, transitional epithelium of urinary bladder
related to Cardiovascular risk indicator · 10
Galectin-3 → Abbott, ARCHITECT, BG Medicine, Chronic, EcoNugenics, Fibrosis, Isaac Eliaz, LV, Pecta-Sol, VIDAS
related to Early neurodevelopment · 9
Galectin-3 → BMP, BMPR1α, Details, EGFR-based, Increasing, Knockdown, SVZ, V-SVZ, Wnt
related to Drug development · 7
Galectin-3 → Earlier, Galectin Therapeutics, Galecto Biotech, MASH, Preclinical, Sweden, United States
related to Fibrosis · 4
Galectin-3 → Companies, GR-MD-02, IPF, TD139
Band · 2
Galectin-3 → 14q22.3, 14|14 C1
Chr. · 2
Galectin-3 → Chromosome 14 (human), Chromosome 14 (mouse)
End · 2
Galectin-3 → 47,623,617 bp, 55,145,423 bp

Important terminology

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Important terminology

fibrosis also cancer expression human gene 14 galectins lgals3 bp cell shown binding chromosome angiogenesis chr protein band heart cells

Galectin-3 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 157 structured relationships around Galectin-3. Examples in this analysis include Galectin-3 → Aliases → LGALS3, CBP35, GAL3, GALBP, GALIG, L31, LGALS2, MAC2, lectin, galactoside binding soluble 3, galectin 3 and Galectin-3 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1A3K, 1KJL, 1KJR, 2NMN, 2NMO, 2NN8, 2XG3, 3AYA, 3AYC, 3AYD, 3AYE, 3T1L, 3T1M, 3ZSJ, 3ZSK, 3ZSL, 3ZSM, 4BLI,…. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Galectin-3AliasesLGALS3, CBP35, GAL3, GALBP, GALIG, L31, LGALS2, MAC2, lectin, galactoside binding soluble 3, galectin 31.00infobox
Galectin-3Available structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1A3K, 1KJL, 1KJR, 2NMN, 2NMO, 2NN8, 2XG3, 3AYA, 3AYC, 3AYD, 3AYE, 3T1L, 3T1M, 3ZSJ, 3ZSK, 3ZSL, 3ZSM, 4BLI,…1.00infobox
Galectin-3Band14q22.31.00infobox
Galectin-3Band14|14 C11.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeemucosa of colon1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeepalpebral conjunctiva1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeemucosa of sigmoid colon1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeebronchial epithelial cell1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeenasal epithelium1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeedecidua1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeemucosa of ileum1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeejejunal mucosa1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeemucosa of transverse colon1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeeamniotic fluid1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeeskin of external ear1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeeleft colon1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeetransitional epithelium of urinary bladder1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeecalvaria1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeegranulocyte1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeegastrula1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeestroma of bone marrow1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeelip1.00infobox
Galectin-3Bgeeskin of abdomen1.00infobox
Galectin-3BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
Galectin-3Chr.Chromosome 14 (human)1.00infobox
Galectin-3Chr.Chromosome 14 (mouse)1.00infobox
Galectin-3DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
Galectin-3End55,145,423 bp1.00infobox
Galectin-3End47,623,617 bp1.00infobox
Galectin-3EnsemblENSG000001319811.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Galectin-3 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Expression, Also and Fibrosis. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Galectin-3
    • Expression
    • Also
    • Fibrosis
    • Levels
    • Cell
    • Cells
    • Heart
    • Shown
    • Angiogenesis
    • Failure
    • Inhibition
    • Signaling
  • galectin-3
    • Expression
    • Also
    • Fibrosis
    • Levels
    • Cell
    • Cells
    • Heart
    • Shown
    • Angiogenesis
    • Failure
    • Inhibition
    • Signaling
  • cell adhesion
    • Apoptosis
    • Metastasis
    • Differentiation
    • Protein
    • Angiogenesis
    • Cell
    • Location
    • Expression
    • Human
    • Important
    • Band
    • Localization
  • gene
    • Lgals3
    • Chromosome
    • Location
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Human
    • Band
    • Protein
    • Galectin
    • Binding
    • Expression
    • Differentiation
  • cell growth
    • Differentiation
    • Location
    • Protein
    • Expression
    • Human
    • Metastasis
    • Band
    • Localization
    • Murine
    • Galectin-3
    • Bp
    • Chr
  • cell cycle
    • Differentiation
    • Location
    • Protein
    • Expression
    • Human
    • Metastasis
    • Band
    • Localization
    • Murine
    • Galectin-3
    • Bp
    • Chr
  • cancer
    • Metastasis
    • Stroke
    • Disease
    • Fibrosis
    • Differentiation
    • Important
    • Localization
    • Location
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Chromosome
    • Galectin
  • stroke
    • Disease
    • Angiogenesis
    • Cancer
    • Location
    • Fibrosis
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Chromosome
    • Galectin
    • Mice
    • Necessary
    • Binding

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Galectin-3, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Galectin-3 with Clinical significance. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Galectin-3 — Clinical significance · splits 55 ⟂ 61
Galectin-3 — Overview · splits 97 ⟂ 19
Galectin-3 — Function · splits 97 ⟂ 19
Galectin-3 — Clinical applications · splits 104 ⟂ 12
Galectin-3 — Interactions · splits 112 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Galectin-3

Nodes116
Edges115
Triples157
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Galectin-3 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Clinical significance & Function, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Galectin-3 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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