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ReviewBiochemistry2011

When galectins recognize glycans: from biochemistry to physiology and back again.

Santiago Di Lella, Victoria Sundblad, Juan P Cerliani, Carlos M Guardia, Dario A Estrin, Gerardo R Vasta, Gabriel A Rabinovich

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In one paragraph

Review in Biochemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
128citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 279 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Circulating galectin-1 delineates response to bevacizumab in melanoma patients and reprograms endothelial cell biology.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  8. Implications of Mucin-TypeMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. A "proto" type galectin expressed in striped bass (Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  14. Expression of Intracellular Galectin-8 and -9 in Endometrial Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  17. Endocytic Roles of Glycans on Proteins and Lipids.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024
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  20. Discovery ofACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2023
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68 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Santiago Di LellaLaboratorio de Inmunopatologı́a, Instituto de Biologı́a y Medicina Experimental, CONICET, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Victoria Sundblad
Juan P Cerliani
Carlos M Guardia
Dario A Estrin
Gerardo R Vasta
Gabriel A Rabinovich
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARExperimental Medicine and Biology Institute · ARFundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales · ARUniversity of Buenos Aires · ARUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Biological Roles of GalectinsR01GM070589 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE · PI VASTA, GERARDO RAUL · 2004 to 2013
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1R01GM070589-01NIGMS NIH HHS 5R01GM070589-06NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070589
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past decade, increasing efforts have been devoted to the study of galectins, a family of evolutionarily conserved glycan-binding proteins with multifunctional properties. Galectins function, either intracellularly or extracellularly, as key biological mediators capable of monitoring changes occurring on the cell surface during fundamental biological processes such as cellular communication, inflammation, development, and differentiation. Their highly conserved structures, exquisite carbohydrate specificity, and ability to modulate a broad spectrum of biological processes have captivated a wide range of scientists from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, and physiology. However, in spite of enormous efforts to dissect the functions and properties of these glycan-binding proteins, limited information about how structural and biochemical aspects of these proteins can influence biological functions is available. In this review, we aim to integrate structural, biochemical, and functional aspects of this bewildering and ancient family of glycan-binding proteins and discuss their implications in physiologic and pathologic settings.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiochemical PhenomenaCrystallography, X-RayGalectinsHumansPolysaccharidesProtein BindingGalectinsPolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID21848324
PMCPMC3429939
OpenAlexW1967989660

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