Identifiers
HUGO:LGALS3
Maps_Modules
MACROPHAGE
MODULE:MARKERS_MACROPHAGE
MODULE:INPUT_INHIBITORS
MODULE:IMMUNE_SUPPRESSION
MODULE:IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE_CYTOKINE_PATHWAYS
MODULE:EFFECTOR_INHIBITION
MODULE:IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE_CYTOKINE_EXPRESSION
CASCADE:LGALS3
CASCADE:TGFB
CASCADE:IL4
CASCADE:IL13
References
PMID:22703233
TGFBR2 upregulates expression of markers M2 activation as ARG1, MCR2 and LGALS3 (galecsin3) and induces AKT activation.
PMID:18250477
LGALS3 participates in M2 activation of macrophages. And vice versa classically activated macrophages down-regulate galectin-3 expression and show reduced galectin-3 expression on the cell surface.
IL-4 or IL-13 stimulated the release of galectin-3
into the culture media in both BMDMs and PBMs.
An IL-4-mediated LGALS3 (galectin-3) autocrine loop promotes alternative macrophage activation and is blocked by pharmacological inhibition of galectin-3 and its receptor CD98.