GAL and chorioamnionitis: In the clinical context, there is evidence suggesting that compared with normal pregnancies, the Gal‐1 mRNA and protein levels are increased in the amniotic epithelium, chorioamniotic fibroblasts/myofibroblasts and macrophages, chorionic trophoblasts, and decidual stromal cells detected in amniotic epithelium of fetal membranes with chorioamnionitis; which has been interpreted as the evidence of key immunomodulatory role of Gal‐1 in human fetal membranes [35].