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ReviewThe FEBS journal2021

Emerging glyco-based strategies to steer immune responses.

Marko Anderluh, Francesco Berti, Anna Bzducha-Wróbel, Fabrizio Chiodo, Cinzia Colombo, Federica Compostella, Katarzyna Durlik, Xhenti Ferhati, Rikard Holmdahl, Dragana Jovanovic and 15 more

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

25 authors at 18 institutions in 12 countries.

Marko AnderluhChair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Francesco BertiTechnical R&D, GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy.
Anna Bzducha-WróbelDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Poland.
Fabrizio ChiodoDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Cinzia ColomboDepartment of Chemistry and CRC Materiali Polimerici (LaMPo), University of Milan, Italy.
Federica CompostellaDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy.
Katarzyna DurlikDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
Xhenti FerhatiDepartment of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff', University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Rikard HolmdahlDivision of Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dragana JovanovicVinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Wieslaw KacaDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
Luigi LayDepartment of Chemistry and CRC Materiali Polimerici (LaMPo), University of Milan, Italy.
Milena Marinovic-CincovicVinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Marco MarradiDepartment of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff', University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Musa OzilDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Rize, Turkey.
Laura PolitoNational Research Council, CNR-SCITEC, Milan, Italy.
Josè Juan Reina-MartinDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaga, Spain.
Celso A ReisI3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Robert SacksteinDepartment of Translational Medicine, the Translational Glycobiology Institute, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Alba SilipoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Napoli, Italy.
Urban ŠvajgerBlood Transfusion Center of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ondřej VaněkDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1190-8535
Fumiichiro YamamotoImmunohematology & Glycobiology Laboratory, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Badalona, Spain.
Barbara RichichiDepartment of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff', University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Sandra J van VlietDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection and Immunity Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1811-2687
University of Florence · ITUniversity of Milan · ITAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLJan Kochanowski University · PLUniversity of Belgrade · RSBlood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia · SICharles University · CZFlorida International University · USJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute · ESKarolinska Institutet · SENational Research Council · RORecep Tayyip Erdoğan University · TRToscana Life Sciences · ITUniversidad de Málaga · ESUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITWarsaw University of Life Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycan structures are common posttranslational modifications of proteins, which serve multiple important structural roles (for instance in protein folding), but also are crucial participants in cell-cell communications and in the regulation of immune responses. Through the interaction with glycan-binding receptors, glycans are able to affect the activation status of antigen-presenting cells, leading either to induction of pro-inflammatory responses or to suppression of immunity and instigation of immune tolerance. This unique feature of glycans has attracted the interest and spurred collaborations of glyco-chemists and glyco-immunologists to develop glycan-based tools as potential therapeutic approaches in the fight against diseases such as cancer and autoimmune conditions. In this review, we highlight emerging advances in this field, and in particular, we discuss on how glycan-modified conjugates or glycoengineered cells can be employed as targeting devices to direct tumor antigens to lectin receptors on antigen-presenting cells, like dendritic cells. In addition, we address how glycan-based nanoparticles can act as delivery platforms to enhance immune responses. Finally, we discuss some of the latest developments in glycan-based therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells to achieve targeting of tumor-associated glycan-specific epitopes, as well as the use of glycan moieties to suppress ongoing immune responses, especially in the context of autoimmunity.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmunityCell CommunicationHumansNanoparticlesPolysaccharidesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesPolysaccharidesReceptors, Chimeric Antigenautoimmunitycancerglycosylationimmune systemvaccination

Identifiers

PMID33752265
PMCPMC8453523
OpenAlexW3138162893

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