Immunoexpression of galectin-3 in colorectal cancer and its relationship with survival.

Introduction: Galectin-3 is an endogenous galactose-binding protein that is expressed in a wide range of normal and neoplasic tissues and is thought to be involved in cellular adhesion, growth regulation, and apoptosis. Galectin-3 seems to have an important role in colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunoexpression of galectin-3 in patients with colorectal cancer under surgery and chemotherapy treatment and the relationship of galectin-3 expression and clinical aspects or tumor evolution.

Trophoblast glycogen cells differentiate early in the mouse ectoplacental cone: putative role during placentation.

The role of differentiated trophoblast glycogen cells (GCs) in the ectoplacental cone (EPC) has not been elucidated yet. Recently, GC progenitors have been shown to be present from embryonic day 7.5 (E7.