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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2024

Galectin-3 and cancer immunotherapy: a glycobiological rationale to overcome tumor immune escape.

Giorgia Scafetta, Calogero D'Alessandria, Armando Bartolazzi

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Giorgia ScafettaPathology Research Laboratory St, Andrea University Hospital, Via Di Grottarossa 1035, 00189, Rome, Italy.
Calogero D'AlessandriaKlinikum Rechts Der Isar, Nuclear Medicine Department, Technical University Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
Armando BartolazziPathology Research Laboratory St, Andrea University Hospital, Via Di Grottarossa 1035, 00189, Rome, Italy. Armando.Bartolazzi@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7820-5127

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has radically changed the landscape of therapeutic opportunities in oncology, but much still needs to be understood from a mechanistic point of view. There is space for further improving tumors' response to ICIs, as supported by a strong biological rationale. For this achievement a detailed analysis of tumor cell phenotype with functional dissection of the molecular interactions occurring in the TME is required. Galectin-3 is a pleiotropic tumor relevant molecule, which deserves particular attention in immuno-oncology. Due to its ability to finely modulate immune response in vivo, Galectin-3 is a potential target molecule to be considered for overcoming tumor immune escape.

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Galectin 3ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsHumansTumor EscapeTumor MicroenvironmentGalectin 3Galectin-3Immunotherapy, Checkpoint inhibitorsPredictive markers of immune-responseTumor microenvironment

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PMID38317202
PMCPMC10845537

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