Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28258691›Full record

ReviewImmunological reviews2017

Viewing Siglecs through the lens of tumor immunology.

Isabella Fraschilla, Shiv Pillai

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In one paragraph

Review in Immunological reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. Journal of Cancer · 2025
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  10. Mechanism of action and treatment of type I interferon in hepatocellular carcinoma.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  14. SIGLEC10Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2023
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  18. CD169Cancers · 2023
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17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Isabella FraschillaRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Shiv PillaiRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, 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
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI064930NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many Siglecs function as inhibitory receptors on innate and adaptive immune cells and may contribute to the attenuation of immune responses to tumors. Siglec 9 on neutrophils and Siglec 7 on NK cells are prominent examples of inhibitory Siglecs that can potentially dampen anti-tumor immunity. CD169 is a Siglec that may function as an adhesion molecule and a facilitator of the recognition and internalization of sialic acid decorated apoptotic bodies and exosomes derived from tumors. It can potentially contribute to both the attenuation as well as the facilitation of anti-tumor immunity. Siglecs have been best studied in the tumor context in animal models of cancer. Modulators of Siglec function are likely to be developed and investigated clinically in a cancer context over the next few years.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticHumansImmunity, InnateImmunomodulationImmunotherapyKiller Cells, NaturalLectinsNeoplasmsNeutrophilsSialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 1Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsTumor EscapeAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, MyelomonocyticLectinsSialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 1Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsSIGLEC1 protein, humanSIGLEC7 protein, humanSIGLEC9 protein, humancancer/tumor immunologyhypersialylationimmune evasionimmune regulationinhibitory receptorsialic acidSiglec

Identifiers

PMID28258691
PMCPMC5860639
OpenAlexW2591704778

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