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 …

Siglecs as therapeutic targets in cancer

J Lim, D Sari-Ak, T Bagga - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hyperglycosylated cancer cells are often decorated with abundant sialic
acids, which are recognized by Sialic acid binding immunoglobulin type lectins (Siglecs) …

[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 …

Siglec and anti-Siglec therapies

G Murugesan, B Weigle, PR Crocker - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Siglecs (sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectins) are a family of receptors that bind
sialic acids in specific linkages on glycoproteins and glycolipids. Siglecs play roles in …

Targeting the siglec–sialic acid immune axis in cancer: current and future approaches

H Läubli, SC Nalle, D Maslyar - Cancer Immunology Research, 2022 - AACR
The sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)–sialic acid immune axis is an
evolutionarily conserved immunoregulatory pathway that provides a mechanism for …

Tools to study and target the Siglec–sialic acid axis in cancer

H Läubli, K Kawanishi, C George Vazhappilly… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Siglecs are widely expressed on leucocytes and bind to ubiquitously presented glycans
containing sialic acids (sialoglycans). Most Siglecs carry an immunoreceptor tyrosine‐based …

[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 …

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 …

Targeting sialic acid–Siglec interactions to reverse immune suppression in cancer

OJ Adams, MA Stanczak, S von Gunten, H Läubli - Glycobiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Changes in sialic acids in cancer have been observed for many years. In particular,
the increase of sialoglycan density or hypersialylation in tumors has been described. Recent …

Sialic acids in pancreatic cancer cells drive tumour-associated macrophage differentiation via the Siglec receptors Siglec-7 and Siglec-9

E Rodriguez, K Boelaars, K Brown… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in glycosylation during tumour progression are a key hallmark of cancer.
One of the glycan moieties generally overexpressed in cancer are sialic acids, which can …