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. 2007 Apr 30;151(6):725–736. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707263

Table 1.

Human chemokines and their receptors

CC chemokines Source Receptor Responding cell type
CCL1 (I-309) Mo, T, MC CCR8 Mo, T
CCL2 (MCP-1) Mo, L, Fib, End, Epi, Neut, MC, DC CCR2 Mo, DC, T, Neut
CCL3 (MIP-1α) Mo, L, Neut, Eos, Fib, MC CCR1, CCR5 Mo, DC, Eos, T, NK
CCL4 (MIP-1β) Mo, L, Neut, Eos, Fib, MC, Bas, NK CCR5 Mo, DC, T
CCL5 (RANTES) Mo, T, Fib, MC CCR5, CCR1, CCR3 Mo, Eos, T, MC, NK, DC
CCL7 (MCP-3) Mo, MC, Fib, End, Epi CCR1, CCR2, CCR5 Mo, DC, Eos, T, MC, NK,
CCL8 (MCP-2) Mo, Fib CCR2, CCR3, CCR5 Mo, DC, Eos, T, NK
CCL11 (Eotaxin) Epi ,End, Eos, MC CCR3, CCR5, CXCR3 Eos, T, MC
CCL13 (MCP-4) Epi, DC CCR1, CCR2, CCR3 Mo, Eos, T, MC, NK,
CCL14 (HCC-1) BM, SMC, Gut, Spleen, Liver CCR1, CCR5 Mo, DC, Eos, T, NK, MC
CCL15 (HCC-2) Mo, DC, L, NK CCR1, CCR3 T, Mo, Eos, MC
CCL16 (HCC-4) Mo CCR1, CCR2, CCR5 T , Mo, Eos, MC
CCL17 (TARC) Mo, DC, Epi, SMC, Fib CCR4 T, DC, NK
CCL18 (PARC) Mo, DC CCR3 T, MC, Eos
CCL19 (MIP-3β) Neut, LN, Spleen, Thymus, Gut, MC CCR7 T, fibrocytes, DC
CCL20 (MIP-3α) Liver, Lung, Thymus, Placenta, Appendix, Epidermis, Mo, T, Neut, End CCR6 DC, T
CCL21 (SLC) End, LN CCR7 DC, T, B, NK, Fibrocytes
CCL22 (MDC) Mo, Epi, DC, B, T, NK CCR4 T, CD, NK
CCL23 (MPIF-1) DC, Mo, Lung, Liver CCR1 Mo, DC, Eos, T, NK
CCL24 (Eotaxin-2) Mo, T, Lung, Liver, Spleen, Thymus CCR3 Eos, T, MC
CCL25 (TECK) DC, Epi, End, Gut CCR9 T
CCL26 (Eotaxin-3) End, Heart, Ovary CCR3, CCR2 Eos, MC, T
CCL27 (CTACK) Placenta, Skin CCR10 T
CCL28 (MEC) Epi, End CCR10 T
       
CXC chemokines      
CXCL1 (GRO-α) Mo, Neut, End, Fib, MC CXCR2 Neut, Mo
CXCL2 (GRO-β) Mo, Neut, End, Fib, MC CXCR2 Neut, Mo
CXCL3 (GRO-γ) Mo, Neut, End, Fib CXCR2 Neut, Mo
CXCL4 (PF-4) Platelets CXCR3B End
CXCL5 (ENA-78) End, Eos, MC CXCR2 Neut, Mo
CXCL6 (GCP-2) Mo, End, Fib CXCR1, CXCR2 Neut, Mo, T
CXCL7 (NAP-2) End CXCR2 Neut, Mo
CXCL8 (IL-8) Mo, T, Fib, Epi End, Neut, Bas, NK, MC CXCR1, CXCR2 Neut, Mo, T
CXCL9 (MIG) Mo, Neut CXCR3, CCR3 T, MC
CXCL10 (IP-10) Mo, Neut, Fib, End CXCR3, CCR3 T, MC
CXCL11 (ITAC) Mo, Neut CXCR3,CXCR7, CCR3 T, MC
CXCL12 (SDF-1) End, Epi CXCR4, CXCR7 T, Mo, MC, NK, Eos, DC
CXCL13 (BLC) Mo, End, DC CXCR5 T, B
CXCL14 (BRAK) Mo, Fib, B Not known  
CXCL16 (SR-PSOX) Mo, DC, B CXCR6 T, NK
       
C chemokines      
XCL1 (Lymphotactin) T, NK, MC XCR1 T, NK
XCL2 (SMC-1β) T, NK XCR1 T, NK
CXC chemokine      
CX3CL1 (Fractalkine) DC, End, T CXC3CR1 Mo, Neut, NK, T

Bold indicates antagonistic binding of a chemokine receptor.

Abbreviations: B, B cell; Bas, basophil; DC, dendritic cell; End, endothelial cell; Epi: epithelial cell; Eos, eosinophil; Fib, fibroblast; LN, lymph node; L, lymphocyte; MC, mast cell; Mo, monocyte/macrophage; Neut, neutrophil; NK, natural killer cell; T, T cell.