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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2020

Siglecs at the Host-Pathogen Interface.

Yung-Chi Chang, Victor Nizet

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
33.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yung-Chi ChangGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Taipei, 10051, Taiwan. yungchiychang@ntu.edu.tw.
Victor NizetDivision of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive Mail Code 0760, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
National Taiwan University · TWUniversity of Montana · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Siglecs are sialic acid (Sia) recognizing immunoglobulin-like receptors expressed on the surface of all the major leukocyte lineages in mammals. Siglecs recognize ubiquitous Sia epitopes on various glycoconjugates in the cell glycocalyx and transduce signals to regulate immunological and inflammatory activities of these cells. The subset known as CD33-related Siglecs is principally inhibitory receptors that suppress leukocyte activation, and recent research has shown that a number of bacterial pathogens use Sia mimicry to engage these Siglecs as an immune evasion strategy. Conversely, Siglec-1 is a macrophage phagocytic receptor that engages GBS and other sialylated bacteria to promote effective phagocytosis and antigen presentation for the adaptive immune response, whereas certain viruses and parasites use Siglec-1 to gain entry to immune cells as a proximal step in the infectious process. Siglecs are positioned in crosstalk with other host innate immune sensing pathways to modulate the immune response to infection in complex ways. This chapter summarizes the current understanding of Siglecs at the host-pathogen interface, a field of study expanding in breadth and medical importance, and which provides potential targets for immune-based anti-infective strategies.

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AnimalsGlycocalyxHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansLeukocytesMacrophagesPhagocytosisSialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsSialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsPattern-recognition receptorSialic acidStreptococcusTrans-infection

Identifiers

PMID32152948
PMCPMC7121523
OpenAlexW3011242662

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