Galectin-1 has a potential to be used as an inhibitor of inflammation-related diseases such as diabetes, and also inhibiting galectin-1 led to weight loss in diet-induced obese mice, where weekly injections with a galectin-1 inhibitor attenuated adipogenesis and lipogenesis and increased expression of proteins associated with thermogenesis and energy expenditure [23]. The gene discussed is LGALS1; the disease is diabetes mellitus.