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 …

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 …

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) …

Sweet escape: sialic acids in tumor immune evasion

C Büll, MH den Brok, GJ Adema - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sialic acids represent a family of sugar molecules derived from neuraminic acid that
frequently terminate glycan chains and contribute to many biological processes. Already five …

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 …

The sialoglycan-Siglec glyco-immune checkpoint–a target for improving innate and adaptive anti-cancer immunity

A Bärenwaldt, H Läubli - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: During cancer progression, tumor cells develop several mechanisms to prevent
killing and to shape the immune system into a tumor-promoting environment. One of such …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sialic acid blockade suppresses tumor growth by enhancing T-cell–mediated tumor immunity

C Büll, TJ Boltje, N Balneger, SM Weischer, M Wassink… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Sialic acid sugars on the surface of cancer cells have emerged as potent immune
modulators that contribute to the immunosuppressive microenvironment and tumor immune …