Galectin-1与肿瘤发生发展的研究进展

Research progress of Galectin-1 in the development of tumor

随着国内外对半乳糖凝集素（Galectins）的研究增多,Galectin-1作为半乳糖凝集家族中的一员日益受到生物学家和免疫学家的关注.Galectin-1分布广泛,存在于多种组织和细胞内,参与细胞的黏附、增殖、凋亡和炎症反应等多种生理病理过程.近期研究发现,Galectin-1表达于多种恶性肿瘤组织中,与肿瘤的发生、发展、转移、侵袭及机体的抗肿瘤免疫等各方面密切相关,并很有可能成为肿瘤和炎症治疗的新的作用靶点.本文就Galectin-1与肿瘤进展研究现状作一综述.

Nowadays more and more biologists and immunologists focus on Galectin-1 due to the in -depth study of Galectins.As one of the important member of Galectins,Galectin-1 distributes widely,exists in a variety of tissues and cells,involves in cell adhesion,proliferation,apoptosis and inflammatory reaction,and results in a variety of physiological and pathological process.Recent studies have found that Galectin-1 expression in a variety of malignant tumor with a close relationship with tumor occurrence,invasion,development,anti-tumor immunity,and metastasis.It may be a potentially new target for cancer and inflammation therapies.This present paper reviews the current research about Galectin-1 and tumor progression.