Galectin-3 activation and inhibition in heart failure and cardiovascular disease: An update

Theranostics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 593-609

  Suthahar, Navin ^a   Meijers, Wouter C ^a   Silljé, Herman H W ^a   Ho, Jennifer E ^b   Liu, Fu Tong ^c   de Boer, Rudolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding domain; Cardiovascular disease; Cell cell adhesion; Extracellular matrix; Fibrosis; Galectin 3; Heart failure; Interaction; Renal disease

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GALECTIN 3;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIBROSIS; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LGALS3 GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GALECTIN 3; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 85035359604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18387640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/thno.22196     Document Type: Review

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