LGALS3 and varicella zoster infection: Some scholars have studied that after varicella zoster virus infection, the expression of Gal-3 in the mice spinal cord's dorsal horn increased significantly, and the intrathecal injection of Gal-3 antibody in mice with Gal-3 gene deletion significantly reduced the touch-induced pain, indicating that Gal-3 was involved in PHN production [20].