To understand how glycosylation on human B cells is regulated during differentiation and activation
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ABSTRACT: Our goal is to understand how glycosylation on human B cells is regulated during the differentiation and activation. Accumulating evidences have indicated that functions of immune cells are regulated in a glycan-dependent manner. One of well-known examples is B cell regulation by CD22 through its association with sialylated glycans. While recent studies uncovered that B cell activation leads to loss of high affinity glycan ligands for human CD22 (Neu5Ac-a2,6-Gal-B1,4-GlcNAc(6-sulfo)), the gene expression profile of human B cells before and after activation is unknown. Therefore we would like to perform gene expression analysis of human B cells before and after activation. We already have published the glycan profiling and gene expression of mouse B cells before and after activation done in collaboration with the CFG. This study revealed programmed changes in glycosylation relevant to regulation of B cell signaling by CD22. Since the ligands of human CD22 differ in several respects from that of mouse CD22, these experiments are relevant to the evolution of siglec ligands and their conserved functions in B cell biology.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE31932 | GEO | 2011/09/06
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA145029
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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