Furthermore, galectin-8-mediated cell adhesion and invasion may play a significant role in lymphoma metastasis, because cell adhesion or invasion which is regulated by cell surface sialylation is known to be related to metastasis, and inhibition of cell adhesion to ECM by cell surface sialylation is known to facilitate release of tumor cells from primary site resulting in a frequent tumor cell distant metastasis in vivo (13). The gene discussed is LGALS8; the disease is lymphoma.