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. 2015 May;185(5):1172–1184. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.01.020

Table 1.

The Principal Cell Types that Express Human Formyl Peptide Receptors and the Predominant Agonists and Antagonists of the Receptors

Receptor/cell type Agonists Antagonists
FPR1
 Neutrophils8 N-formylated peptides7 Cyclosporin H30
 Macrophages20 Synthetic fMLF5 Cyclosporin A29
 Monocytes31 Cathepsin G32 Boc-MLF (Boc-1)10
 Dendritic cells33 FAM19A434 Boc-FLFLFL (Boc 2)10
 Epithelial cells35 Annexin A135 CHIPS9
 Hepatocytes10 Ac2-2635 Spinorphin9
 Glial cells10
 Astrocytes10
 Keratinocytes36
FPR2
 Neutrophils37 N-formylated peptides38 Boc-MLF (Boc-1)10
 Macrophages39 fMLF40 Boc-FLFLFL (Boc 2)10
 Monocytes41 LL-3741 WRW4 peptide10
 Dendritic cells9 Serum amyloid A9
 Microglia9 β-Amyloid9
 T lymphocytes9 HIV gp41-derived peptide9
 Epithelial cells35 Annexin A142
Ac2-2642
Lipoxin A441
Humanin43
FPR3
 Macrophages10 F2L44 WRW4 peptide10
 Monocytes10 Humanin43
 Dendritic cells10
 Eosinophils9

Ac2-26, N-terminal peptide of annexin 1; Boc-FLFLFL, Boc-Phe-Leu-Phe-Leu-Phe-OH; Boc-MLF, Boc-Met-Leu-Phe-OH; CHIPS, chemotaxis inhibitory protein of Staphylococcus aureus; FAM19A4, family with sequence similarity 19, member A4; fMLF, formyl-methyl-leucine-phenylalanine; FPR, formyl peptide receptor; gp, glycoprotein; LL-37, leucine, leucine 37; WRW4, Trp-Arg-Trp-Trp-Trp-Trp-CONH2 (WRWWWW).

Anti-inflammatory agonist; the ligands described elicit functional responses in a number of cell types.