LGALS1 and thyroid gland papillary carcinoma: This result agrees with Salajegheh et al. and Kim et al., who found galectin-1 to be overexpressed in papillary carcinoma cases associated with lymph node metastases in comparison with cases lacking lymph node metastasis, suggesting its role in the progression of papillary carcinoma from the primary site to nearby lymph nodes.19,20