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Accurate prediction and assessment of myocardial fibrosis (MF) and adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) are crucial in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Several studies indicate that galect...
A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science for relevant studies up to August 2023. The hazard ratios (HRs) of gal-3 for MACEs in DCM patients, and...
Seven studies, encompassing 945 patients, met the eligibility criteria. In DCM patients, abnormally elevated gal-3 levels were indicative of an increased MACEs risk (HR = 1.10, 95% CI [1.00-1.21], I...
This study's findings suggest that elevated gal-3 levels significantly correlate with increased MACE risk in DCM, highlighting its potential as a biomarker. However, significant heterogeneity among st...
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Approaches to distinguishing pathological cardiorenal dysfunction in heart failure (HF) from functional/hemodynamically mediated changes in serum creatinine are needed. We investigated urine galectin-...
We measured urine galectin-3 in 2 contemporary HF cohorts: the Yale Transitional Care Clinic (YTCC) cohort (n = 132) and the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone A...
In the YTCC cohort, there was significant effect modification between higher urine galectin-3 and lower estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) (P...
Urine galectin-3 levels correlated with an established biomarker of renal fibrosis in 2 cohorts and was able to differentiate high- vs low-risk phenotypes of chronic kidney disease in HF. These proof-...
Galectin-3 (Gal3) is one of the most studied members of the galectin family that mediate various biological processes such as growth regulation, immune function, cancer metastasis, and apoptosis. Sinc...
There are no major tools that could predict disease severity in COVID-19. The aim of this study is to evaluate if serum galectin-3 levels can identify disease progression in COVID-19....
Patients that were hospitalized due to COVID-19 between March and June 2020 were included in this cross-sectional prospective study. Baseline demographic and clinical data in addition to levels of ser...
A total of 175 patients were included in the study and among these, 64 patients formed the severe illness group whereas 111 comprised the non-severe illness group. There was statistically significant ...
In conclusion, our results indicated that galectin-3 had moderate power in outlining disease severity and the need for ICU transfer throughout the clinical course in COVID-19....
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an irregular atrial activity and the most prevalent type of arrhythmia. Although AF is easily diagnosed with an electrocardiogram, there is a keen interest in identifying a...
Irregular sleep patterns have been associated with inflammation. Galectin-3, a novel biomarker, plays an important role in inflammation. We investigated the relationship between sleep patterns and gal...
A total of 1,058 participants from the Shenzhen-Hong Kong United Network on Cardiovascular Disease study were included in the analysis. Age and sex-adjusted linear regression models were employed to i...
Of study participants, the mean age was 45.3 years and 54.3% were women. Waist circumference, natural logarithm (ln)-transformed triglyceride, and ln-transformed high sensitivity C-reactive protein we...
Our study provides evidence of a significant association between sleep disturbance and elevated galectin-3 level, independent of traditional metabolic biomarkers. Screening and interventions on galect...
This study was to evaluate plasma galectin-3 levels from early pregnancy to delivery and explore the effects of galectin-3 on the function of trophoblast cells under high glucose exposure....
The plasma galectin-3 levels were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the China National Birth Cohort (CNBC) at Peking University First Hospital, and the underlying signaling pa...
Significantly higher galectin-3 levels were found in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM group; n = 77) during the first and second trimesters than that in healthy pregnant women (HP grou...
Future studies were required to validate whether plasma galectin-3 might become a potential biomarker for hyperglycemia during pregnancy. Elevated galectin-3 levels might be a vital protective mechani...
Galectin-3 is a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMPs), released from damaged or dying cells. In this study, we investigated the concentration and source of galectin-3 in the tears of patients wi...
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We measured the concentration of galectin-3 in tear samples from 26 patients with VKC and 6 healthy controls by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The expression of galectin-3 in cultured huma...
High concentrations of galectin-3 were detected in the tears of patients with VKC. The concentration showed significant correlation with the severity of corneal epithelial damage. Stimulation of cultu...
The concentrations of galectin-3 in the tears of patients with VKC may represent a biomarker of the severity of corneal epithelial damage....