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SUBMITTER: Muller J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3725054 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Müller Jennifer J Obermeier Ingrid I Wöhner Miriam M Brandl Carolin C Mrotzek Sarah S Angermüller Sieglinde S Maity Palash C PC Reth Michael M Nitschke Lars L
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130708 30
A high proportion of human B cells carry B-cell receptors (BCRs) that are autoreactive. Inhibitory receptors such as CD22 can downmodulate autoreactive BCR responses. With its extracellular domain, CD22 binds to sialic acids in α2,6 linkages in cis, on the surface of the same B cell or in trans, on other cells. Sialic acids are self ligands, as they are abundant in vertebrates, but are usually not expressed by pathogens. We show that cis-ligand binding of CD22 is crucial for the regulation of B- ...[more]