Open AccessDiagnostic and Prognostic Significance of Serum and Tissue Galectin 3 Expression in Patients with Carcinoma of the Bladder
Author(s) -
Hoda El Gendy,
Loutfy H. Madkour,
Sara Abdelaty,
Faiza M. Essawy,
Dina Khattab,
Olfat Hammam,
Hani H. Nour
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000365673
Subject(s) - medicine , galectin 3 , bladder cancer , galectin , carcinogenesis , pathological , pathology , extracellular matrix , urothelium , clinical significance , carcinoma , immunohistochemistry , cancer , oncology , urinary bladder , biology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology
Galectins are group of proteins found in the cytoplasm, nucleus, cell surface and extracellular matrix. Galectin 3 (Gal-3) displays pathological expression in a variety of processes such as tumorigenesis.