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 = CD4−CD8−double negative NKT cells.
cNet chemotactic migration: − (did not respond), + (2–10%), ++ (11–30%), and +++ (>30%).
eCCR8 and CCR10 mRNA detected in NKT cell subsets (89).
n.d. – not determined.