And the down-regulated SOX8 facilitated the transcriptional activity of JUN, to induce LGALS3 secretion, which then bind to the membrane protein ITGB1 on GSC and MDMs in the autocrine and paracrine manners to facilitate the transformation of the mesenchymal phenotype of GBM and the M2 polarization of MDMs, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene SOX8 and glioblastoma.