[HTML][HTML] CAR-cell therapy in the era of solid tumor treatment: current challenges and emerging therapeutic advances

KM Maalej, M Merhi, VP Inchakalody, S Mestiri… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In the last decade, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach to fight cancers. This approach consists of …

[HTML][HTML] Aberrant sialylation in cancer: biomarker and potential target for therapeutic intervention?

S Pietrobono, B Stecca - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sialylation is a post-translational modification that consists in the addition
of sialic acid to growing glycan chains on glycoproteins and glycolipids. Aberrant sialylation …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibitory receptors and checkpoints in human NK cells, implications for the immunotherapy of cancer

S Sivori, M Della Chiesa, S Carlomagno… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The highly destructive mechanisms by which the immune system faces microbial infections
is under the control of a series of inhibitory receptors. While most of these receptors prevent …

Siglec-7 glyco-immune binding mAbs or NK cell engager biologics induce potent antitumor immunity against ovarian cancers

D Bordoloi, AJ Kulkarni, OS Adeniji, MB Pampena… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a lethal gynecologic malignancy, with modest responses to CPI.
Engagement of additional immune arms, such as NK cells, may be of value. We focused on …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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] Current status on therapeutic molecules targeting Siglec receptors

MP Lenza, U Atxabal, I Oyenarte, J Jiménez-Barbero… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type of lectins (Siglecs) are receptors that recognize
sialic acid-containing glycans. In the majority of the cases, Siglecs are expressed on …

[HTML][HTML] The role of glycosylation in melanoma progression

C De Vellis, S Pietrobono, B Stecca - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer, which originates from the
malignant transformation of melanocytes, the melanin-producing cells of the skin. Melanoma …