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Galectin that binds lactose and a related range of sugars. May be involved in the assembly of adherens junctions.
Gene References into Functions
Data show that galectin-4 expressing tumor cells interact directly with red blood cells (RBCs).PMID:28293788
Haplotype formed from two promoter SNPs rs116896264 and rs73933062 is associated with galectin-4 overexpression in colorectal cancer.PMID:26681582
LGALS4 may function as a tumor suppressor gene in UC progression. Findings provide evidence that methylation-mediated LGALS4 gene repression may be involved in urothelial tumor progression.PMID:28423602
Together, the data demonstrated that surface-bound galectin-4 is a dual function protein-down-regulating cell proliferation and chemokine secretion in galectin-4-expressing colorectal cancer cells on one hand and inducing apoptosis in galectin-4-negative colorectal cancer cells on the other hand.PMID:28345468
The carbohydrate-binding site is composed of residues His236, Asn238, Arg240, Asn249, Trp256, Glu259 and Lys261 at the strands S4, S5 and S6.PMID:26432949
The data suggests that arm-Gal4 has detrimental effects on Drosophila development and lifespan that are directly dependent upon parental inheritancePMID:26505429
The co-expression of galectin-4 and CNT3 proteins is not impaired in inflamed colon from patients with Crohn's disease, thereby anticipating the integrity of this system for drug targeting.PMID:26481311
Structural characterization of human galectin 4 C-terminal domain in terms its ligands binding specificity has been reported.PMID:26077389
role in basolateral to apical epithelial transcytosisPMID:25179596
The results show galectin-4 expression closely associates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression and might have potential use as a prognostic biomarker for HCC patients.PMID:25230111
Galectin-4 plays an important role in metastatic process of lung adenocarcinoma.PMID:24339976
Data indicate that galectin-4 elicits tumor promotion in vitro and in vivo through activation of IL-6/NF-kappaB/STAT3 signaling.PMID:23378274
Loss of Galectin-4 is associated with colorectal cancer.PMID:21064109
crystals of galectin-4 belonged to space group P6(1)22, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 71.25, c = 108.66 A.PMID:20445255
microarray study in sinonasal adenocarcinoma we identified proteins, LGALS4 that is significantly differentially expressed in tumors compared to normal tissuePMID:19903339
results suggest that galectin-4 has a unique carbohydrate binding specificity and interacts with O-linked sulfoglycansPMID:11971864
SB1a and CEA in the patches on the cell surface of human colon adenocarcinoma cells could be biologically important ligands for galectin-4PMID:15546874
Together, our data propose that interaction between galectin-4 and sulfatides plays a functional role in the clustering of lipid rafts for apical delivery.PMID:15883199
Galectin 4 induces surface phosphatidylserine exposure in a carbohydrate-dependent fashion in activated, but not resting, human neutrophils and in several leukocyte cell lines.PMID:16940423
not only sulfated glycosphingolipids but also cholesterol 3-sulfate are endogenous ligands for galectin-4 in vivoPMID:17545668
chemical analysis of talose-selectivity of galectin-4 and galectin-8PMID:18539029
Data show that the pattern of N-glycosylation of glycoproteins serves as a recognition signal for endocytosed galectin-4, which drives the raft-dependent apical pathway of glycoproteins in enterocyte-like HT-29 cells.PMID:19192249