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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Oncol. 2017 Jul 11;44(2):101–112. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.06.005

Table 8.

Physiological role of selectins

Cell type/selectin Consequences Reference
Endothelial cells/E-selectin and P- selectin

  • B-cell extravasation into lymphoid tissue and inflammatory sites

 (130)
T-cell/L-selectin

  • Lymphocyte homing

 (27)
HSC/E-selectin

  • E-selectin expressed on bone marrow endothelial cells promotes HSC proliferation and imparts chemosensitivity

 (131)