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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2018

A Cartography of Siglecs and Sialyltransferases in Gynecologic Malignancies: Is There a Road Towards a Sweet Future?

Quentin Haas, Cedric Simillion, Stephan von Gunten

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Quentin HaasInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Cedric SimillionDepartment for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Stephan von GuntenInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Altered surface glycosylation is a key feature of cancers, including gynecologic malignancies. Hypersialylation, the overexpression of sialic acid, is known to promote tumor progression and to dampen antitumor responses by mechanisms that also involve sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs), inhibitory immune receptors. Here, we discuss the expression patterns of Siglecs and sialyltransferases (STs) in gynecologic cancers, including breast, ovarian, and uterine malignancies, based on evidence from The Cancer Genome Atlas. The balance between sialosides generated by specific STs within the tumor microenvironment and Siglecs on leukocytes may play a decisive role for antitumor immunity. An interdisciplinary effort is required to decipher the characteristics and biological impact of the altered tumor sialome in gynecologic cancers and to exploit this knowledge to the clinical benefit of patients.

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cancer immunotherapygynecologic malignanciessialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectinssialyltransferasesThe Cancer Genome Atlas

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PMID29594046
PMCPMC5859025
OpenAlexW2792580172

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