| MAC | Minimum Agglutination Concentration |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibition Concentration |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| CD | Circular Dichroism |
| CRD | Carbohydrate-Recognition Domain |
| Gal-8 | Galectin-8 |
| Gal-8_1-186 | The truncated protein of Galectin-8 contain 1 to 186 amino acid |
| Gal-8 N | N-terminal CRD of Galectin-8 |
| Gal-8 L | “long” Gal-8,with the longest linker peptide |
| Gal-8 M | “medium” Gal-8, with an intermediate linker region |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electropheresis |