<HashMap><database>GEO</database><scores/><additional><omics_type>Transcriptomics</omics_type><species>Mus musculus</species><gds_type>Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing</gds_type><full_dataset_link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE333139</full_dataset_link><repository>GEO</repository><entry_type>GSE</entry_type></additional><is_claimable>false</is_claimable><name>Siglec-G on B cells restrains the germinal center response by controlling T cell help during positive selection</name><description>The germinal center (GC) reaction requires tight regulation of B cell and T follicular helper (Tfh) cell interactions to ensure B cell expansion and antibody affinity maturation, while preventing oncogenesis. However, regulatory mechanisms fine-tuning B-T cell interactions within the GC to prevent aberrant activation and proliferation remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify Siglec-G, the mouse ortholog of human Siglec-10, as an immune checkpoint that restrains the GC by dampening B-T cell interactions. Selective and temporal ablation of Siglec-G on B cells after immunization triggers GC hyperplasia and enhanced plasma cell and antibody output. While Siglec-G is dispensable in B cell receptor-mediated processes, it acts as an intrinsic inhibitory receptor of B-T cell interactions in the GC, ultimately limiting Myc and mTORC activation within positively selected GC B cells. Trans interactions of Siglec-G and its glycan ligands on Tfh likely contribute in fine-tuning the strength of bidirectional signaling following contact between GC B cells and Tfh cells. This interaction is further reinforced by glycan remodeling that occurs in the GC, resulting in concurrent decreased in glycan ligands on GC B cells and increased in glycan ligands on Tfh. Moreover, APEX2-based proximity labeling revealed several candidate Siglec-G/10 binding partners on T cells, including BTLA, CD6, and Slamf6, which are known negative regulators of Tfh cell activation. Taken together, our findings identified that Siglec-G acts as a GC checkpoint receptor, restricting B cell proliferation by tuning T cell help following B-T cell interactions.</description><dates><publication>2026/05/27</publication></dates><accession>GSE333139</accession><cross_references><GSM>GSM9757415</GSM><GSM>GSM9757414</GSM><GSM>GSM9757413</GSM><GPL>24247</GPL><GSE>333139</GSE><taxon>Mus musculus</taxon></cross_references></HashMap>