LGALS3 and malaria: Furthermore, similar strain-specific divergences have been previously reported by Toscano et al., showing that endogenous Gal–3 can differentially regulate the outcome of experimental malaria, when three distinct strains of rodent malaria parasites, Plasmodium yoelii 17XNL, Plasmodium berghei ANKA and Plasmodium chabaudi AS were inoculated in mice lacking Gal–3 [64].