Animal Lectin Galectin – 8 Promotes Cytokine Expression and Metastatic Tumor Growth in Mice

Sima Lev and Hadas Shatz-Azoulay, Yaron Vinik, Roi Isaac, Ulrike Kohler and Yehiel Zick: Gal-8 induces expression of pro inflammatory cytokines and metastasis – related chemokines. Galectin-8 is a secreted animal lectin, expressed by various cell types including primary osteoblasts..