Table 1.

Hematological malignancies where galectins are upregulated and associated with clinical features

Hematological malignancyGalectinFunction/associated withReference
TypeSubtype
Lymphoma Hodgkin Galectin-1 Tumor burden 55  
Adverse clinical features 
Non-Hodgkin Galectin-1 (ALCL) Invasion 56  
Galectin-1 (CTCL) Immune evasion (Th2 tolerogenic environment) 57  
Galectin-3 (DLBCL, PEL) Protection from Fas-induced apoptosis 58  
Galectin-7 Increase metastasis 59  
Low survival (mouse model) 
Leukemia PCL Galectin-1 Aggressiveness 18  
Pre–B-ALL Galectin-3 Drug resistance 60  
AML Galectin-3 High primary refractory rate 61  
Low overall survival 62,63  
Drug resistance 34  
Galectin-9 Immune evasion 39,40  
Galectin-12 Low overall survival 64  
CLL Galectin-1 Protumoral stroma 17  
Galectin-9 Progression of the disease 65  
CML Galectin-1 Chemo-resistance 66  
Galectin-3 Drug resistance 35  
APL Galectin-3 Low relapse-free survival 62  
MM  Galectin-1 Aggressiveness 18  
Low overall survival 
Galectin-3 Protumoral 44  
Galectin-9 Antiproliferative 67  
Hematological malignancyGalectinFunction/associated withReference
TypeSubtype
Lymphoma Hodgkin Galectin-1 Tumor burden 55  
Adverse clinical features 
Non-Hodgkin Galectin-1 (ALCL) Invasion 56  
Galectin-1 (CTCL) Immune evasion (Th2 tolerogenic environment) 57  
Galectin-3 (DLBCL, PEL) Protection from Fas-induced apoptosis 58  
Galectin-7 Increase metastasis 59  
Low survival (mouse model) 
Leukemia PCL Galectin-1 Aggressiveness 18  
Pre–B-ALL Galectin-3 Drug resistance 60  
AML Galectin-3 High primary refractory rate 61  
Low overall survival 62,63  
Drug resistance 34  
Galectin-9 Immune evasion 39,40  
Galectin-12 Low overall survival 64  
CLL Galectin-1 Protumoral stroma 17  
Galectin-9 Progression of the disease 65  
CML Galectin-1 Chemo-resistance 66  
Galectin-3 Drug resistance 35  
APL Galectin-3 Low relapse-free survival 62  
MM  Galectin-1 Aggressiveness 18  
Low overall survival 
Galectin-3 Protumoral 44  
Galectin-9 Antiproliferative 67  

ALCL, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; APL, acute promyelocytic leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphoid leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; CTCL, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; PCL, plasma cell leukemia; PEL, pure erythroid leukemia; pre–B-ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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