LGALS3 and rheumatoid arthritis: It is involved in functions like apoptosis,cell adhesion, T-cell regulation, neutrophil activation, chemotaxisof monocytes, macrophages and activation of mast cells [22].Galectin-3 is plays pro-inflammatory role in conditions likeasthma and rheumatoid arthritis and also has been considered asa potential drug target for the same [23, 24].