This phenomenon was further confirmed by using clinical isolates, subtype B (TW_B) and CRF07_BC (TW_CRF07_BC) infected MDMs, demonstrating that TW_CRF07_BC infection induced a significantly higher galectin-3 expression detected in mRNA and supernatant proteins compared to the mock (p < 0.01). This evidence concerns the gene LGALS3 and breast cancer.