ArticleMolecular oncology2024
Soluble galectin-3 as a microenvironment-relevant immunoregulator with prognostic and predictive value in lung adenocarcinoma.
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- Galectins at the crossroads of tumor immunity, metabolism, and metastasis: mechanisms, therapeutic resistance, and translational opportunities.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- A narrative review of the early diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with lung cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Review
- [Galectin-3 in the Lung Cancer Microenvironment: Immunomodulation and Therapeutic Breakthroughs].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2025Review
- Tumor-derived SEMA7A regulates fatty acid oxidation in the tumor-associated macrophages to promote the progression of non-small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Galectin-3 induces pathogenic immunosuppressive macrophages through interaction with TREM2 in lung cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
- Fisetin-loaded nanoemulsion ameliorates lung cancer pathogenesis via downregulating cathepsin-B, galectin-3 and enolase in anEXCLI journal · 2024Article
- Circulating Immune Proteins: Improving the Diagnosis and Clinical Outcome in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Vdelta1 T cells are more resistant than Vdelta2 T cells to the immunosuppressive properties of galectin-3.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Despite the success of therapies in lung cancer, more studies of new biomarkers for patient selection are urgently needed. The present study aims to analyze the role of galectin-3 (GAL-3) in the lung tumor microenvironment (TME) using tumorspheres as a model and explore its potential role as a predictive and prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer patients. For in vitro studies, lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous carcinoma (LUSC) primary cultures from early-stage patients and commercial cell lines were cultured, using tumorsphere-forming assays and adherent conditions for the control counterparts. We analyzed the pattern of secretion and expression of GAL-3 using reverse transcription-quantitative real-time PCR (RTqPCR), immunoblot, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, and immunoassay analysis. Our results using three-dimensional (3D) models of lung tumor cells revealed that soluble GAL-3 (sGAL-3) is highly expressed and secreted. To more accurately mimic the TME, a co-culture of tumorspheres and fibroblasts was used, revealing that GAL-3 could be important as an immunomodulatory molecule expressed and secreted in the TME, modulating immunosuppression through regulatory T cells (T
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