Apoptosis of T cells mediated by galectin-1

GALECTIN-1, a member of the family of β-galactoside binding proteins 1 , has growth regulatory and immunomodulatory activities 2–4 . We report here that galectin-1, expressed by stromal cells in human thymus and lymph nodes 5,6 , is present at sites of cell death by apoptosis during normal T-cell de...

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