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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Galectin-9 - ligand axis: an emerging therapeutic target for multiple myeloma.

Rajib K Shil, Norhan B B Mohammed, Charles J Dimitroff

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. TIM-3, a potential target for sepsis therapy.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026
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  11. Dichotomous effects of Galectin-9 in disease modulation in murine models of inflammatory bowel disease.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025
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  12. Galectins and Liver Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rajib K ShilDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States.
Norhan B B MohammedThe Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
Charles J DimitroffDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States.

Funding

Analysis of Glycomic Regulators in Melanoma ProgressionU01CA225644 · NCI · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI DIMITROFF, CHARLES J · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
Analysis of galectin-8 and its ligands in melanoma progressionR01CA282520 · NCI · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI CHARLES J DIMITROFF · 2024 to 2026
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA282520NCI NIH HHS U01 CA225644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galectin-9 (Gal-9) is a tandem-repeat galectin with diverse roles in immune homeostasis, inflammation, malignancy, and autoimmune diseases. In cancer, Gal-9 displays variable expression patterns across different tumor types. Its interactions with multiple binding partners, both intracellularly and extracellularly, influence key cellular processes, including immune cell modulation and tumor microenvironment dynamics. Notably, Gal-9 binding to cell-specific glycoconjugate ligands has been implicated in both promoting and suppressing tumor progression. Here, we provide insights into Gal-9 and its involvement in immune homeostasis and cancer biology with an emphasis on multiple myeloma (MM) pathophysiology, highlighting its complex and context-dependent dual functions as a pro- and anti-tumorigenic molecule and its potential implications for therapy in MM patients.

Indexed as

GalectinsMultiple MyelomaTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansLigandsMolecular Targeted TherapySignal TransductionGalectinsLGALS9 protein, humanLigandsgalectin-9galectinsmultiple myelomatherapytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID39386209
PMCPMC11461229

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