Gene entry
LGALS3
galectin 3
- Chromosome
- 14
- Cytoband
- 14q22.3
- Variants (rsID)
- 5
LGALS3 is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 14 (region 14q22.3). Its official name is “galectin 3”. The reference table lists 5 variants (rsID) for this gene.
Clinically classified variants
2 reference-table entries with clinical significance.
- rs4644Not classifiedmissense_variantDifferentiated Thyroid Carcinoma|Thyroid Carcinoma|Hyperglycemia|Rhabdomyosarcoma|Breast Cancer|Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis|Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic 1|Lung Cancer|Rheumatoid Arthritis|Lipoprotein Quantitative Trait Locus|Thrombophilia Due to Thrombin Defect|Arteries, Anomalies of|Atherosclerosis Susceptibility|Atrial Standstill 1|Heart Disease|Chagas Disease|Dilated Cardiomyopathy|Gastric Cancer
- rs4652Not classifiedmissense_variantLipoprotein Quantitative Trait Locus|Arteries, Anomalies of|Rheumatoid Arthritis|Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus|Arthritis|Cervical Cancer|Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary, 1|Scleroderma, Familial Progressive|Alpha/beta T-Cell Lymphopenia with Gamma/delta T-Cell Expansion, Severe Cytomegalovirus Infection, and Autoimmunity|Systemic Scleroderma|Myopathy|Lung Cancer|Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis|Fatty Liver Disease, Nonalcoholic 1|Atrial Standstill 1|Heart Disease|Chagas Disease|Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Other listed variants
Public references
Data from the institutional reference table and public NCBI annotation. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.