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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2014

Targeted delivery of mycobacterial antigens to human dendritic cells via Siglec-7 induces robust T cell activation.

Norihito Kawasaki, Cory D Rillahan, Tan-Yun Cheng, Ildiko Van Rhijn, Matthew S Macauley, D Branch Moody, James C Paulson

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploring Siglecs: Potential Modulators of Immune Cells in Food Allergy and Therapeutic Applications.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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  7. Generation of Liposomes to Study the Effect ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  8. Recent Advances in the Chemical Biology ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  9. Glycan-binding profile of DC-like cells.Glycoconjugate journal · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Norihito KawasakiDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037;
Cory D RillahanDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037;
Tan-Yun ChengDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and.
Ildiko Van RhijnDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Matthew S MacauleyDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037;
D Branch MoodyDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and.
James C PaulsonDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037; jpaulson@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · USHarvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Treating lung inflammation by targeting SiglecsP01HL107151 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SCHNAAR, RONALD L · 2011 to 2017
$15.4M
T cell response to CDI-restricted lipids in tuberculosisR01AI049313 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MOODY, DAVID BRANCH · 2001 to 2025
$10.6M
CD1 Presentation of Self Lipids to Human T CellsR01AR048632 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MOODY, DAVID BRANCH · 2002 to 2024
$9.4M
REGULATION OF SIALOSIDE EXPRESSION IN LEUKOCYTESR01AI050143 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PAULSON, JAMES C · 2003 to 2018
$7.0M
INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007606 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI NEMAZEE, DAVID · 1999 to 2013
$2.1M
In vivo targeting of hematopoetic cells with glycan ligands of siglecsR01CA138891 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PAULSON, JAMES C · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
CD1 autoreactive T cells in human inflammatory skin diseaseR37AR048632 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DAVID Branch MOODY · 2025 to 2026
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS CA138891NCI NIH HHS R01 CA138891NHLBI NIH HHS HL107151NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107151NIAID NIH HHS AI50143NIAID NIH HHS AI R01 049313NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049313NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050143NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007606NIAID NIH HHS T32AI007606NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR048632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipids from mycobacteria can be presented to human T cells by group 1 CD1 Ag-presenting molecules (CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c). Group 1 CD1-restricted T cells are activated by lipid Ags presented by myeloid dendritic cells (DCs), after which they generate antibacterial effector functions, including IFN-γ secretion and cytolysis. Thus, mycobacterial lipids are being investigated as components of novel vaccines for mycobacterial infections. In this study we show that the mycobacterial lipid Ag C80 glucose-6-monomycolate can be delivered to human CD1b(+) DCs via targeted liposomal nanoparticles, leading to robust group 1 CD1-restricted activation of T cells. Targeting was achieved by decorating the liposomes with a high-affinity glycan ligand of sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin (Siglec)-7, a siglec receptor expressed on DCs that mediates rapid endocytosis and transport of its cargo to lysosomes. An Ab to Siglec-7 completely blocked the binding of targeted liposomes to human monocyte-derived DCs (Mo-DCs), demonstrating their targeting specificity. Mo-DCs pulsed with targeted liposomes containing C80 glucose-6-monomycolate more potently activated a CD1b-restricted T cell line relative to Mo-DCs pulsed with free lipid Ag or antigenic liposomes without Siglec-7 ligand. These data suggest that the endocytic function of Siglec-7 can be exploited to deliver glycolipid Ags to their target cell and increase the efficiency of display to T cells.

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AntibodiesAntigen PresentationAntigens, BacterialAntigens, CD1Antigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticCell LineDendritic CellsDrug Delivery SystemsEndocytosisGlycolipidsHumansInterferon-gammaLectinsLiposomesLymphocyte ActivationLysosomesAntibodiesAntigens, BacterialAntigens, CD1Antigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticCD1b antigenglucose mycolateGlycolipidsInterferon-gammaLectinsLiposomesSIGLEC7 protein, humanTuberculosis Vaccines

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PMID25000981
PMCPMC4119498
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