LEADER 02593nam 2200361 450 001 9910674017003321 005 20230629113801.0 035 $a(CKB)4920000000101661 035 $a(NjHacI)994920000000101661 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000101661 100 $a20230629d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGalectins in Cancer and Translational Medicine /$fArmando Bartolazzi 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (350 pages) 311 $a3-03897-408-0 330 $aIn the post-genomic era, many efforts have been devoted to better understanding the biological information encoded by the cell "glycome" in normal and pathologic conditions. The glycan signature of human cells plays a pivotal role in regulating fundamental biological processes, which are critical for cell physiology and for cancer as well. Galectins (also worded S-type lectins) are an evolutionarily conserved family of endogenous lectins, which bind carbohydrates with high specificity. These molecules, which can be found both intracellularly and in the extracellular milieu, are functionally active in converting glycan-containing information into cell biological programs. This fashionable mechanism of signal transduction plays a relevant role in regulating several biological functions, including RNA splicing, gene transcription, cell migration and differentiation, apoptosis, immune response, and tumor growth and progression. It is not surprising, indeed, that a large number of studies on galectin-glycan interactions and galectins expression and function in human diseases have been published in the recent literature, spanning from immunology to cardiovascular medicine, from diagnostic Pathology to nuclear medicine. The aim of this Special Issue of IJMS is to collect selected contributions in the field reporting data, concepts, and new ideas, which have the potential to be translated in a clinical setting in the near future, in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other relevant human diseases. 606 $aProtein binding 606 $aCancer 615 0$aProtein binding. 615 0$aCancer. 676 $a616.994 700 $aBartolazzi$b Armando$01368530 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910674017003321 996 $aGalectins in Cancer and Translational Medicine$93394389 997 $aUNINA