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. 2018 Jan 29;15(4):324–334. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2017.134

Table 1.

Classical chemoattractant GPCRs and ligands

Receptor Expression Ligands Functions
FPR1 Myeloid cells, lymphocytes, tumor cells Bacteria- and host-derived peptides Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, tumor growth, invasion, angiogenesis
FPR2 Myeloid cells, tumor cells Bacteria- and host-derived peptides Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, antitumor defense, tumor invasion
FPR3 Monocytes, dendritic cells, tumor cells Synthetic and host-derived peptides Monocyte and DC chemotaxis and activation, tumor invasion
PAFR Macrophages, granule leucocytes, various tissue cells, tumor cells PAF Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, tumor growth and metastasis; angiogenesis
C5aR Basophils, dendritic cells, mast cells, various nonimmune cells, tumor cells C5a Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, tumor metastasis; oppositing function in angiogenesis
LTB4R (BLT1) Neutrophils, macrophages, T-lymphocytes, tumor cells LTB4 Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, tumor growth
LTB4R (BLT2) Most human tissues cells, leukocytes, tumor cells LTB4 Leukocyte chemotaxis and activation, tumor growth and metastasis
CMKLR1 (ChemR23) Mainly in myeloid cells Chemerin, C15, RvE1 Migration of macrophages, DCs and PDCs

Abbreviations: CMKLR1, chemokine-like receptor 1; C5aR, activated complement component 5 receptor (C5aR), LTB4R, leukotriene B4 receptor; DC, dendritic cell; FPR, formyl peptide receptor; GPCR, G-protein coupled receptor; PAFR, platelet-activating factor receptor; PDC, plasmacytoid DC; RvE1, Resolvin E1.