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. 2015 May 27;6:255. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00255

Table 1.

Chemokine receptor expression and ligand responses on circulating human NKT cells.

Receptor Expression (%)a
Chemotactic responsec Reference
CD4+ DNb CD8+
CCR1d 2–25 55–85 30–80 CD4+; DN++; CD8++ (87, 89)
CCR2d 60–80 95–99 65–99 +++ (87, 89)
CCR3 0–4 0–4 0–4 n.d. (87, 89)
CCR4 12–40 4–18 2–10 CD4++; DN+; CD8 (87, 89)
CCR5 45–80 90–99 70–99 + (4, 87, 89, 116)
CCR6 10–68 72–95 50–85 CD4+; DN+++; CD8+++ (87, 89, 116)
CCR7 11–28 7–32 2–25 ++ (4, 87, 89)
CCR8 11–55% total NKT cells (89, 140)
CCR9 0–4 0–4 0–4 (87, 89)
CCR10e n.d. n.d. n.d. (89)
CXCR1 5–10 3–8 n.d. (89)
CXCR2 0–2 0–1 n.d. (89)
CXCR3 75–90 95–99 80–90 +++ (4, 87, 89)
CXCR4 90–99 98–99 95–99 +++ (4, 87, 89)
CXCR5 0–4 0–4 0–4 (87, 89)
CXCR6 22–45 85–99 60–98 ++ (87, 89, 116)
CX3CR1 4–12 4–12 n.d. (89)

aRange in reported frequency of receptor positive NKT cells.

bDN = CD4CD8double negative NKT cells.

cNet chemotactic migration: − (did not respond), + (2–10%), ++ (11–30%), and +++ (>30%).

dOthers report CCR1 and CCR2 on <2% of NKT cells (89, 116).

eCCR8 and CCR10 mRNA detected in NKT cell subsets (89).

n.d. – not determined.