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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2022

Galectin-3 Promotes Müller Glia Clearance Phagocytosis

Deborah S Lew, Morgan J McGrath, Silvia C Finnemann

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Galectin-3 Mediates TGF-β-Controlled Migration in Müller Glial Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Deborah S LewCenter for Cancer, Genetic Diseases and Gene Regulation, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States.
Morgan J McGrathCenter for Cancer, Genetic Diseases and Gene Regulation, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States.
Silvia C FinnemannCenter for Cancer, Genetic Diseases and Gene Regulation, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States.
Fordham University · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of outer segment renewalR01EY026215 · NEI · FORDHAM UNIVERSITY · PI FINNEMANN, SILVIA C · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Anti-inflammatory role of MerTK in the RPE independent of diurnal outer segment phagocytosisR21EY033188 · NEI · FORDHAM UNIVERSITY · PI FINNEMANN, SILVIA C · 2021 to 2022
$436k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026215NEI NIH HHS R21 EY033188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clearance phagocytosis is a documented function of Müller glia in the retina. However, the molecular mechanisms of Müller glia phagocytosis remain largely undefined. Here, we show that extracellular galectin-3 and protein S promote clearance phagocytosis by immortalized human MIO-M1 Müller cells in an additive, saturable manner. Galectin-3 promotes phagocytosis by primary Müller glia from wild-type (WT) mice but not from mice that lack the engulfment receptor MERTK and therefore develop postnatal photoreceptor degeneration. Probing a possible functional link between Müller galectin-3 and MERTK, we discovered that

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galectin-3gliaMüller cellsphagocytosisretinaretinal degeneration

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PMID35711472
PMCPMC9194531
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