The Role of Galectins in Cervical Cancer Biology and Progression

Table 1

Effect of galectins on tumor biology and treatment.

Process	Galectin-1	Galectin-3	Galectin-7	Galectin-9
Proliferation	↑	↑	↓	↑
Apoptosis	↑	↓	↑	↑
Metastasis: invasion and adhesion	↑	↑	↓	↓
Tumor angiogenesis	↑	↑	UNK	↓
Immune responses	↓	↓	↓	↑
Radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy resistance	↑	↑	↓	UNK

UNK, unknown; ↑: increase; ↓: decrease.