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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

Sialic acids on B cells are crucial for their survival and provide protection against apoptosis.

Alexandra T Linder, Michael Schmidt, Julia Hitschfel, Markus Abeln, Pascal Schneider, Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Anja K Münster-Kühnel, Lars Nitschke

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexandra T LinderDivision of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Michael SchmidtDivision of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8924-5511
Julia HitschfelDivision of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2198-4905
Markus AbelnInstitute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4626-7731
Pascal SchneiderDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0677-9409
Rita Gerardy-SchahnInstitute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5796-368X
Anja K Münster-KühnelInstitute of Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0991-7627
Lars NitschkeDivision of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sialic acids (Sias) on the B cell membrane are involved in cell migration, in the control of the complement system and, as sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec) ligands, in the regulation of cellular signaling. We studied the role of sialoglycans on B cells in a mouse model with B cell-specific deletion of cytidine monophosphate sialic acid synthase (CMAS), the enzyme essential for the synthesis of sialoglycans. Surprisingly, these mice showed a severe B cell deficiency in secondary lymphoid organs. Additional depletion of the complement factor C3 rescued the phenotype only marginally, demonstrating a complement-independent mechanism. The B cell survival receptor BAFF receptor was not up-regulated, and levels of activated caspase 3 and processed caspase 8 were high in B cells of

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ApoptosisB-LymphocytesPolysaccharidesSialic AcidsAnimalsB-Cell Activation Factor ReceptorCell SurvivalGene DeletionMiceN-Acylneuraminate CytidylyltransferaseSialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsB-Cell Activation Factor ReceptorN-Acylneuraminate CytidylyltransferasePolysaccharidesSialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsSialic AcidsB cell developmentextrinsic apoptosissialic acidsSiglec

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PMID35696562
PMCPMC9231502
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