Galectin-9 as a biomarker of disease severity

P Moar, R Tandon - Cellular immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Galectin-9 (Gal-9) is a β-galactoside binding lectin known for its immunomodulatory
role in various microbial infections. Gal-9 is expressed in all organ systems and localized in …

Expansion, persistence, and efficacy of donor memory-like NK cells infused for posttransplant relapse

RM Shapiro, GC Birch, G Hu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background Responses to conventional donor lymphocyte infusion for postallogeneic
hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) relapse are typically poor. Natural killer (NK) cell …

Immune checkpoint blockade in HIV

C Gubser, C Chiu, SR Lewin, TA Rasmussen - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically improved life expectancy for people with HIV
(PWH) and helps to restore immune function but is not curative and must be taken lifelong …

Galectin-9, a player in cytokine release syndrome and a surrogate diagnostic biomarker in SARS-CoV-2 infection

N Bozorgmehr, S Mashhouri, E Perez Rosero, L Xu… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection has enormously impacted our lives. Clinical
evidence has implicated the emergence of cytokine release syndrome as the prominent …

The quality of SARS-CoV-2–specific T cell functions differs in patients with mild/moderate versus severe disease, and T cells expressing coinhibitory receptors are …

S Shahbaz, L Xu, W Sligl, M Osman… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.aai.org
Understanding the function of SARS-CoV-2 Ag-specific T cells is crucial for the monitoring of
antiviral immunity and vaccine design. Currently, both impaired and robust T cell immunity is …

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates, namely the Wuhan strain, Delta variant, and Omicron variant, identifies differential immune profiles

S Shahbaz, N Bozorgmehr, J Lu, M Osman… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is an urgent need to better understand the impact of different severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants on immune response and disease …

Galectin-9 promotes natural killer cells activity via interaction with CD44

A Rahmati, S Bigam, S Elahi - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a potent innate source of cytokines and cytoplasmic granules.
Their effector functions are tightly synchronized by the balance between the stimulatory and …

[HTML][HTML] Galectin-9 expression defines exhausted T cells and impaired cytotoxic NK cells in patients with virus-associated solid tumors

I Okoye, L Xu, M Motamedi, P Parashar… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background We have previously reported that the upregulation of galectin-9 (Gal-9) on
CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in HIV patients was associated with impaired T cell effector …

Tumor-derived exosomes induced M2 macrophage polarization and promoted the metastasis of osteosarcoma cells through Tim-3

Z Cheng, L Wang, C Wu, L Huang, Y Ruan… - Archives of medical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Osteosarcoma, the most prevalent primary malignancy of the bone, is often
presented with high-grade subclinical metastatic disease that metastasizes at very early …

Galectin-9 and VISTA expression define terminally exhausted T cells in HIV-1 infection

S Shahbaz, G Dunsmore, P Koleva, L Xu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
We report significant upregulation of Galectin-9 (Gal-9) and VISTA on both CD4+ and CD8+
T cells in HIV-infected human patients. Gal-9 and VISTA expression was associated with …