Table 1.
GC immune microenvironment containing various cell subtypes
| Cell types | Subtypes | Gene signatures | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| T cell | CD3D, CD3E | [54] | |
| Activated T cell | CD69 | [69] | |
| Proliferative T cell | CCNB2, DLGAP5, MKI67 | [69] | |
| CD4+ T cell | Naïve CD4+ T cell | CCR7, LEF1 | [58] |
| CD4+ Tex cell | PDCD1, CXCL13, TIGIT | [58, 69] | |
| CD4+ TEM | CCL5, ANXA1, GZMA | [58] | |
| CD4+ Treg | FOXP3, CTLA4 | [58] | |
| GADD45B+ Th1-like CD4+ T cell | GADD45B, TNF | [58] | |
| CD4+ Tconv cell | LAYN, TNFRSF9, IL2RA, CCR8, CTLA4 | [70] | |
| CD8+ T cell | Naïve CD8+ T cell | LEF1, SELL | [58] |
| CTL | NKG7, GZMA, GNLY | [58, 69] | |
| CD8+ Tex cell | CTLA4, LAG3, TIGIT | [58] | |
| CD8+ TEM | GZMK, CXCR4, EOMES | [58] | |
| MAIT cell | SLC4A10, KLRB1 | [58] | |
| Tc17 | IL17, CXCL12 | [71] | |
| Treg cell | FOXP3, ICOS, CTLA4 | [58, 69] | |
| B cell | CD79B, MS4A1, CD79A | [35, 54] | |
| CXCR4+ B cell | CXCR4 | [72] | |
| NK cell | KLRC1, KLRF1 | [54] | |
| CD8− NK cell | NKG7, GZMA | [69] | |
| Macrophage | CD14 | [35] | |
| SPP1+ TAM | GDF15 | [63] | |
| CTShigh TAM | CTSA, CTSD, CXCL2, LAMC1, NRP1 | [55] | |
| C1Qhigh TAM | C1QA, C1QB, C1QC | [55] | |
| DC | CD1C | [69] | |
| cDC1 | CLEC9, XCR1 | [54] | |
| cDC2 | CLEC10A, CD1C | [54] | |
| Monocyte-like DC | CCL2, CCL3, CCL4, IL1B | [54] | |
| Neutrophil | FCGR3B, CSF3R | [54] | |
| Mast cell | CPA3 | [35] | |
| Fibroblast | COL3A1, COL1A2, ACTA2, NNMT, | [35, 54] | |
| Myofibroblast | ACTA2, MYH11 | [73] | |
| Pericyte | RGS5, ACTA2 | [73] | |
| eCAF | MMP14, LOXL2, POSTN | [73] | |
| iCAF | CXCL12, IL-6, CXCL14 | [73] | |
| CXCR7+ fibroblast | CXCR7 | [56] | |
| CAFEndMT | RGS5, ACTA2, PLVAP, VWF | [74] |
Tex exhausted T cell, TEM effector memory T cell, Treg regulatory T cell, Th1 T helper type 1 cell, Tconv conventional T cell, CTL cytotoxic CD8+ T cell, MAIT mucosal-associated invariant T cell, Tc17 IL-17 CD8+ T cell, NK natural killer cell, CTShigh cathepsinhigh, TAM tumor-associated macrophage, C1Qhigh complement 1qhigh, DC dendritic cell, cDC conventional DC, CAF cancer-associated fibroblast, eCAF extracellular matrix CAF, iCAF inflammatory CAF, CAFEndMT endothelial-to-mesenchymal CAF