The Role of Galectins in Cervical Cancer Biology and Progression

Table 2

Effect of galectin-1, galectin-3, galectin-7, and galectin-9 on cervical cancer tissue, cell function, HPV infection, and treatment.

Process	Galectin-1	Galectin-3	Galectin-7	Galectin-9
Expression in cervical cancer tissues	↑	↑	↓	↓
Proliferation	↑	↑	↓	UNK
Invasion	↑	↑	↑	UNK
HPV infection	UNK	UNK	UNK	↓
Radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy resistance	↑	↑	↓	UNK

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