Galectin-3 expression in human breast carcinoma: correlation with cancer histologic grade.

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    • H Idikio
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  • Published online on: June 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.12.6.1287
  • Pages: 1287-1377
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Abstract

Galectins (S-type lectins) are a family of low-molecular weight, calcium-independent, mannose-binding lectins with functions in cell growth, cell activation, cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion including binding to carcinoembryonic antigens and laminin and metalloproteinase. Anti-galectin antisera can inhibit metastases of rat prostate cancers and human melanomas. To define the role of galectins in human breast cancer, the expression of galectin-3 were determined in 27 invasive breast cancers by immunohistochemical methods. The histologic grades of excised breast cancers were determined and immunohistochemical staining for galectin-3 (1: 1000 dilution of anti-galectin rat polyclonal antibody) was defined by scoring the intensity and distribution of staining (0-3+). The mean age of breast cancer patients was 63 years for 20 grade II breast cancers and 56 years for 7 grade III breast cancers. The mean immunohistochemical staining score for grade II breast cancers was 3. 7 (20% less than 2, 80% 3-6) and 2.5 for grade III (71.4% less than 2 and 28.6% 3-6). The galectin-3 expression pattern suggests that increasing histologic grade of breast cancer leads to reduced expression of galectin-3 and possibly reduced matrix binding and increased cancer cell motility.

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Idikio H: Galectin-3 expression in human breast carcinoma: correlation with cancer histologic grade.. Int J Oncol 12: 1287-1377, 1998
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Idikio, H. (1998). Galectin-3 expression in human breast carcinoma: correlation with cancer histologic grade.. International Journal of Oncology, 12, 1287-1377. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.12.6.1287
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Idikio, H."Galectin-3 expression in human breast carcinoma: correlation with cancer histologic grade.". International Journal of Oncology 12.6 (1998): 1287-1377.
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Idikio, H."Galectin-3 expression in human breast carcinoma: correlation with cancer histologic grade.". International Journal of Oncology 12, no. 6 (1998): 1287-1377. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.12.6.1287