LGALS4, galectin 4, 3960

N. diseases: 73; N. variants: 3
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.060 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Promoter SNPs rs116896264 and rs73933062 form a distinct haplotype and are associated with galectin-4 overexpression in colorectal cancer. 26681582 2016
CUI: C0178874
Disease: Tumor Progression
Tumor Progression
0.040 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE To facilitate phenotypic analysis of tumor progression in imaginal discs, here we describe a protocol for genetic experiments using the GAL4-UAS system to induce neoplastic tumors in wing imaginal discs. 28784954 2017
Secondary malignant neoplasm of lymph node
0.030 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The promoter hypermethylation of LGALS4 (>2.51, log10 scale) revealed a positive correlation with high levels of both histological grade and tumor T category and with lymph node metastasis (all P≤0.001). 28423602 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Stable transfection of the chimeric Gal4 estrogen receptor and luciferase gene constructs in MCF-7 breast cancer and Hepa.1c1c7 mouse hepatoma cell lines, as well as transfection of a newly constructed luciferase reporter gene pEREtata-Luc in the ECC-1 human endometrial cell line, resulted in constitutive, non-estradiol-inducible clones. 10330684 1999
CUI: C0281361
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of pancreas
Adenocarcinoma of pancreas
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Galectine-4 (gal-4), encoded by the LGALS4 gene, was recently shown to exhibit a tumor suppressive effect in colorectal carcinoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma, although how the expression of this gene is regulated remains unknown. 28423602 2017
CUI: C0678222
Disease: Breast Carcinoma
Breast Carcinoma
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Stable transfection of the chimeric Gal4 estrogen receptor and luciferase gene constructs in MCF-7 breast cancer and Hepa.1c1c7 mouse hepatoma cell lines, as well as transfection of a newly constructed luciferase reporter gene pEREtata-Luc in the ECC-1 human endometrial cell line, resulted in constitutive, non-estradiol-inducible clones. 10330684 1999
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We prepared transgenic Drosophila expressing either the wild type (Wt) or ALS-mutant human FUS protein (hFUS) using the UAS-Gal4 system. 21748598 2011
CUI: C0011847
Disease: Diabetes
Diabetes
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Galectin-4, with an increased risk of diabetes, and Paraoxonase type 3, with a decreased risk of diabetes, remained significantly associated with incident diabetes after adjusting for plasma glucose, implying a glucose independent association with diabetes. 30670722 2019
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.010 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Galectin-4, with an increased risk of diabetes, and Paraoxonase type 3, with a decreased risk of diabetes, remained significantly associated with incident diabetes after adjusting for plasma glucose, implying a glucose independent association with diabetes. 30670722 2019
CUI: C0012546
Disease: Diphtheria
Diphtheria
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The yeast Gal4 DNA-binding domain enabled specific binding of DNA while the translocation domain from diphtheria toxin (DT) was included to facilitate crossing of the endosomal vesicle. 14668054 2003
CUI: C0016667
Disease: Fragile X Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Here we describe some of the methods that have been used to study FXS, ranging from reverse genetic screening using the GAL4-UAS system, to mushroom body staining and courtship behavioral assays to examine the learning and memory deficits associated with FXS. 30900182 2019
CUI: C0019196
Disease: Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural region 5A (NS5A) protein, without its 146 amino-terminal amino acids and fused to the DNA-binding domain of GAL4, strongly activates transcription in yeast and human hepatoma cells. 9343247 1997
CUI: C0233794
Disease: Memory impairment
Memory impairment
0.010 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Here we describe some of the methods that have been used to study FXS, ranging from reverse genetic screening using the GAL4-UAS system, to mushroom body staining and courtship behavioral assays to examine the learning and memory deficits associated with FXS. 30900182 2019
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE EYA2 was found to function as transcriptional activator in ovarian cancer cells by Gal4 assay and to promote tumor growth in vivo in xenograft models. 15705892 2005
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE LGALS4, encoding a galactoside-binding protein involved in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, was recently shown to be a tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer. 22613842 2012
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE With the example of gal-4 which functions as a tumor suppressor in CRC cells, we were able to prove that cell surface binding of the lectin not only markedly influences the cell proteome, but also has a bearing on malignancy-associated intracellular protein phosphorylation. 30550624 2019
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Immunohistochemistry was performed for LGALS4 (Galectin 4), ACS5 (Acyl-CoA synthetase) and CLU (Clusterin) proteins: LGALS4 was highly up-regulated, particularly in the most differentiated tumors, while CLU was lost in all tumors. 19903339 2009
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE To facilitate phenotypic analysis of tumor progression in imaginal discs, here we describe a protocol for genetic experiments using the GAL4-UAS system to induce neoplastic tumors in wing imaginal discs. 28784954 2017
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This study also shows that gal-4 exhibits tumor suppressive effects in CRC cells in vitro. 21064109 2011
CUI: C0009402
Disease: Colorectal Carcinoma
Colorectal Carcinoma
0.070 Biomarker disease BEFREE The goal of this work was to determine the function of gal-4 in CRC. 21064109 2011
CUI: C0009402
Disease: Colorectal Carcinoma
Colorectal Carcinoma
0.070 Biomarker disease BEFREE LGALS4, encoding a galactoside-binding protein involved in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, was recently shown to be a tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer. 22613842 2012
CUI: C0009402
Disease: Colorectal Carcinoma
Colorectal Carcinoma
0.070 Biomarker disease BEFREE Galectine-4 (gal-4), encoded by the LGALS4 gene, was recently shown to exhibit a tumor suppressive effect in colorectal carcinoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma, although how the expression of this gene is regulated remains unknown. 28423602 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.060 Biomarker group BEFREE Furthermore, galectin-4 engaged with C1GALT1-dependent O-glycans to promote castration resistance and metastasis by activating receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and cancer cell stemness properties mediated by SRY-box 9 (SOX9). 29906246 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.060 Biomarker group BEFREE Detection of malignancy-associated phosphoproteome changes in human colorectal cancer induced by cell surface binding of growth-inhibitory galectin-4. 30550624 2019
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.060 Biomarker group BEFREE Furthermore, galectin-4 engaged with C1GALT1-dependent O-glycans to promote castration resistance and metastasis by activating receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and cancer cell stemness properties mediated by SRY-box 9 (SOX9). 29906246 2018