Sialoglycans and siglecs can shape the tumor immune microenvironment

S van de Wall, KCM Santegoets, EJH van Houtum… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Sialic acid sugar-carrying glycans, sialoglycans, are aberrantly expressed on many tumor
cells and have emerged as potent regulatory molecules involved in creating a tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Siglec signaling in the tumor microenvironment

EJH van Houtum, C Büll, LAM Cornelissen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) are a family of receptors that
recognize sialoglycans–sialic acid containing glycans that are abundantly present on cell …

Engagement of myelomonocytic Siglecs by tumor-associated ligands modulates the innate immune response to cancer

H Läubli, OMT Pearce, F Schwarz… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Certain pathogenic bacteria are known to modulate the innate immune response by
decorating themselves with sialic acids, which can engage the myelomonocytic lineage …

Targeting the Siglec–Sialic acid axis promotes antitumor immune responses in preclinical models of glioblastoma

P Schmassmann, J Roux, A Buck, N Tatari… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive form of primary brain tumor, for which effective
therapies are urgently needed. Cancer cells are capable of evading clearance by …

Ganglioside GD3 expression on target cells can modulate NK cell cytotoxicity via siglec‐7‐dependent and‐independent mechanisms

G Nicoll, T Avril, K Lock, K Furukawa… - European journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Siglec‐7 is a sialic acid binding receptor with inhibitory potential, expressed on human NK
cells and monocytes. It has an unusual binding preference for α2, 8‐linked disialic acids …

[HTML][HTML] Siglec receptors modulate dendritic cell activation and antigen presentation to T cells in cancer

J Wang, M Manni, A Bärenwaldt, R Wieboldt… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interactions between sialylated glycans and sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin
(Siglec) receptors have been recently described as potential new immune checkpoint that …

Disubstituted sialic acid ligands targeting siglecs CD33 and CD22 associated with myeloid leukaemias and B cell lymphomas

CD Rillahan, MS Macauley, E Schwartz, Y He… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The siglec family of sialic acid-binding proteins are endocytic immune cell receptors that are
recognized as potential targets for cell directed therapies. CD33 and CD22 are prototypical …

MYC-driven synthesis of Siglec ligands is a glycoimmune checkpoint

BAH Smith, A Deutzmann, KM Correa… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The Siglecs (sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins) are glycoimmune checkpoint
receptors that suppress immune cell activation upon engagement of cognate sialoglycan …

Precision glycocalyx editing as a strategy for cancer immunotherapy

H Xiao, EC Woods, P Vukojicic… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Cell surface sialosides constitute a central axis of immune modulation that is exploited by
tumors to evade both innate and adaptive immune destruction. Therapeutic strategies that …

The intriguing roles of Siglec family members in the tumor microenvironment

KY Jiang, LL Qi, FB Kang, L Wang - Biomarker Research, 2022 - Springer
Sialic acid-binding receptors are expressed on the surfaces of a variety of immune cells and
have complex and diverse immunoregulatory functions in health and diseases. Recent …