LGALS2, galectin 2, 3957

N. diseases: 27; N. variants: 3
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0010054
Disease: Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
0.050 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The objective was to assess the relationship of LTA gene, LGALS2 gene and coronary artery disease, using a meta-analysis. 19726041 2010
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.050 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The objective was to assess the relationship of LTA gene, LGALS2 gene and coronary artery disease, using a meta-analysis. 19726041 2010
CUI: C0010054
Disease: Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
0.050 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE On the other hand, the polymorphism of LGALS2 was not associated with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis. 17493152 2007
CUI: C0010054
Disease: Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
0.050 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and galectin-2 gene polymorphisms on inflammatory biomarkers, cellular adhesion molecules and risk of coronary heart disease. 17040205 2007
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.050 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and galectin-2 gene polymorphisms on inflammatory biomarkers, cellular adhesion molecules and risk of coronary heart disease. 17040205 2007
CUI: C0010068
Disease: Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease
0.040 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Meanwhile, the PPARG×AGTR1×CXCL16×LGALS2 model was associated with CHD susceptibility (OR=3.97, 95% CI=2.01-7.84). 26045830 2015
CUI: C0010068
Disease: Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Galectin-2 is a monocyte-expressed carbohydrate-binding lectin, for which increased expression is genetically determined and associated with decreased collateral arteriogenesis in obstructive coronary artery disease patients. 25884209 2015
CUI: C0010068
Disease: Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease
0.040 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The objective was to assess the relationship of LTA gene, LGALS2 gene and coronary artery disease, using a meta-analysis. 19726041 2010
CUI: C0010068
Disease: Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and galectin-2 gene polymorphisms on inflammatory biomarkers, cellular adhesion molecules and risk of coronary heart disease. 17040205 2007
CUI: C0948008
Disease: Ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke
0.030 Biomarker disease BEFREE Genetic variation in the lymphotoxin-alpha cascade (LTA, LGALS2, and PSMA6) is not a major risk factor for IS. 19182073 2009
CUI: C0948008
Disease: Ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke
0.030 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the present study, we examined whether the LGALS2 3279TT homozygote variant alone can influence the prevalence of ischaemic stroke, and whether it can interact somehow with the disadvantageous LTA 252GG homozygote variant. 19013708 2009
CUI: C0948008
Disease: Ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke
0.030 Biomarker disease BEFREE Four new susceptibility genes have been identified using genome-wide association studies or genome-wide linkage studies: LTA (encoding cytokine lymphotoxin-alpha) on 6p21.3 for MI; LGALS2 (encoding galectin-2, an LTA-interacting protein) on 22q12-q13 for MI; ALOX5AP (encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein involved in synthesizing potent pro-inflammatory leukotrienes) on 13q12-13 for MI and stroke; and PDE4D (encoding phosphodiesterase 4D) on 5q12 for ischemic stroke. 15811259 2005
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Further studies are required to replicate the potential association of LGALS2 3279 C/T with DBP, and examine whether this SNP could be used as a marker of increased risk for future cardiovascular events in RA populations. 19330599 2009
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.020 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Although hypertension, a very prevalent entity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is one of the greatest risk factors for MI, the possible association of LGALS2 3279 C/T and hypertension has not been investigated. 19330599 2009
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The frequency of LGALS2 polymorphisms was similar between RA and controls and was not associated with CVD among patients with RA. 18230628 2008
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.020 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The Chi-square test, multivariable logistic regression analysis with adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus, as well as a stepwise forward selection procedure revealed that the 2445G-->A (Ala54Thr) polymorphism (rs1799883) of FABP2, the -108/3G-->4G polymorphism of IPF1 (S82168), the A-->G (rs2241883" genes_norm="2168">Thr94Ala) polymorphism (rs2241883) of FABP1, the G-->A (rs529038" genes_norm="6098">Asp2213Asn) polymorphism (rs529038) of ROS1, the -11377C-->G polymorphism (rs266729) of ADIPOQ, the 162A-->C polymorphism (rs4769055) of ALOX5AP, the -786T-->C polymorphism (rs2070744) of NOS3, and the 3279C-->T polymorphism (rs7291467) of LGALS2 were associated (P<0.05) with the prevalence of atherothrombotic cerebral infarction. 18506375 2008
CUI: C0524620
Disease: Metabolic Syndrome X
Metabolic Syndrome X
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results suggest that FABP2, IPF1, FABP1, ROS1, ADIPOQ, ALOX5AP, NOS3, and LGALS2 are susceptibility loci for atherothrombotic cerebral infarction among Japanese individuals with metabolic syndrome. 18506375 2008
CUI: C0524620
Disease: Metabolic Syndrome X
Metabolic Syndrome X
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we used the galectin 2 (LGALS2) genotype, which affects LTA secretion but is located on another chromosome than the HLA gene cluster or TNF, to examine the relationship between the LTA pathway and traits of the metabolic syndrome. 16468038 2006
CUI: C0016085
Disease: Filariasis
Filariasis
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our studies confirm the functionality of BmLec-2 and indicate anti-Lec-2 antibody responses are common in persons with filariasis. 31738955 2020
CUI: C0392662
Disease: Angiostrongyliasis
Angiostrongyliasis
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Application of Recombinant <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> Galectin-2 Protein for Serodiagnosis of Human Angiostrongyliasis by Immunoblotting. 31392957 2019
CUI: C4316792
Disease: Angiostrongylus Infections
Angiostrongylus Infections
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Application of Recombinant <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> Galectin-2 Protein for Serodiagnosis of Human Angiostrongyliasis by Immunoblotting. 31392957 2019
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE We have confirmed the involvement of specific proteins previously associated with ALS (Galectin 2 (<i>LGALS3</i>), Transthyretin (<i>TTR</i>), Protein S100-A6 (<i>S100A6</i>), and Protein S100-A11 (<i>S100A11</i>)) and have shown the involvement of proteins not previously described in the ALS context (Methanethiol oxidase (<i>SELENBP1</i>), Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase NIMA-interacting 1 (<i>PIN-1</i>), Calcyclin-binding protein (<i>CACYBP</i>) and Rho-associated protein kinase 2 (<i>ROCK2</i>)). 30577465 2018
CUI: C0015934
Disease: Fetal Growth Retardation
Fetal Growth Retardation
0.010 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE There are significant gender-specific expression patterns for single prototype galectins with downregulation of gal-2 and gal-13 of male gender placentas in cases of IUGR. 27070577 2016
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.010 AlteredExpression group BEFREE All the eight mouse galectin genes were expressed in mammary tumors and tumor epithelial cells (TECs), but galectin-2 and -12 were not detected by western analysis in tumors, and galectin-7 was not detected in 60% of the TEC lines. 24037315 2013
CUI: C0024623
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of stomach
Malignant neoplasm of stomach
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE The association of low galectin-2 with LNM was found even in early GCs (p = 0.020). 22015694 2012