hGAL (GCET2) [MD190]

This gene encodes a protein which may function in signal transduction pathways and whose expression is elevated in germinal cell lymphomas. It contains a putative PDZ-interacting domain, an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM), and two putative SH2 binding sites. In B cells, its expression is specifically induced by interleukin-4. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Expressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and several germinal center (GC)-like lymphoma cell lines (at protein level). Highly expressed in normal GC lymphocytes and GC-derived malignancies. Expressed in thymus and spleen.