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Also known as Sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin, sialoadhesin, sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectins, sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectin

Siglecs (Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins) are cell surface proteins that bind sialic acid. They are found primarily on the surface of immune cells and are a subset of the I-type lectins. There are 14 different mammalian Siglecs, providing an array of different functions based on cell surface receptor-ligand interactions.

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12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Structure
  • Ligand binding
  • Function
  • Signalling
  • Phagocytosis and adhesion
  • Knock-out studies
  • Human/Primate Siglecs
  • Mimetics
  • Synthesis
  • References
  • External links

Siglecs (Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins) are cell surface proteins that bind sialic acid. They are found primarily on the surface of immune cells and are a subset of the I-type lectins. There are 14 different mammalian Siglecs, providing an array of different functions based on cell surface receptor-ligand interactions.

==History==

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