Galectin-1 expression is associated with tumour immunity and prognosis in gingival squamous cell carcinoma

Conclusions
These findings suggest that Gal-1 plays an important role in immune escape of GSCC cells, and Gal-1 expression level may be a useful clinicopathological prognostic marker for GSCC.

Source: Journal of Clinical Pathology - January 19, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Noda, Y., Kishino, M., Sato, S., Hirose, K., Sakai, M., Fukuda, Y., Murakami, S., Toyosawa, S. Tags: Immunology (including allergy) Original article Source Type: research