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ReviewImmunological reviews2016

Sialic acids and autoimmune disease.

Vinay S Mahajan, Shiv Pillai

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vinay S MahajanRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Shiv PillaiRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · US

Funding

The importance of the IgG4 glycome in IgG4-related disease(s)U19AI110495 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHIV Subramaniam PILLAI · 2014 to 2026
$7.9M
Studies on Peripheral B Lymphocyte DevelopmentR01AI064930 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI PILLAI, SHIV SUBRAMANIAM · 2006 to 2016
$3.9M
Pathogenesis of IgG4 related diseaseK08AI113163 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MAHAJAN, VINAY SUBHASH · 2014 to 2018
$953k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI113163NIAID NIH HHS K08AI113163NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI064930NIAID NIH HHS R01AI064930NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110495NIAID NIH HHS U19AI110495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An important underlying mechanism that contributes to autoimmunity is the loss of inhibitory signaling in the immune system. Sialic acid-recognizing Ig superfamily lectins or Siglecs are a family of cell surface proteins largely expressed in hematopoietic cells. The majority of Siglecs are inhibitory receptors expressed in immune cells that bind to sialic acid-containing ligands and recruit SH2-domain-containing tyrosine phosphatases to their cytoplasmic tails. They deliver inhibitory signals that can contribute to the constraining of immune cells, and thus protect the host from autoimmunity. The inhibitory functions of CD22/Siglec-2 and Siglec-G and their contributions to tolerance and autoimmunity, primarily in the B lymphocyte context, are considered in some detail in this review. The relevance to autoimmunity and unregulated inflammation of modified sialic acids, enzymes that modify sialic acid, and other sialic acid-binding proteins are also reviewed.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityB-LymphocytesHumansImmune ToleranceLectinsMiceN-Acetylneuraminic AcidReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsLectinsN-Acetylneuraminic AcidReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 2Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsSiglecg protein, mouseautoimmunityCD22CMAHSIAEsialic acidsSiglecs

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PMID26683151
PMCPMC4769436
OpenAlexW2200356582

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