Table 1.

Overview of adhesion molecules found on different leukocyte subtypes and their corresponding ligands

Leukocyte Adhesion Molecule	Leukocyte Subtype	Ligand
VLA-4 (α4ß1)	Monocytes [39] Neutrophils in case of sepsis [38]	VCAM-1 MAdCAM-1 JAM-B
LFA-1 (αLß2) (CD11a/CD18)	Neutrophils [39, 42] Monocytes [43]	ICAM-1 ICAM-2 JAM-A
α4ß7 (CD49d/ß7)	Lymphocytes (CD4 and CD8 T cells) (mucosal lymphoid nodules) [7, 44]	MAdCAM-1
Gp150,95 (αXß2) (CD11c/CD18)	Monocytes Macrophages [45] Granulocytes [46] (Neutrophils [9]) Langerhans cells	iC3b (JAM-C [47])
αMß2 (mac-1) (CD11b/CD18)	Monocytes [43] Macrophages [45] Granulocytes [48] (Neutrophils [42]) Langerhans cells [7]	iC3b ICAM-1 ICAM-2 JAM-C
αDß2	Macrophages (?) [7] Neutrophils [9]	ICAM-3
CD47	T cell [49]	VCAM-1 ICAM-1
L1-CAM	Lymphocytes [4, 50, 51]	α5ß1 (VLA-5) αVß3
Glycosylated proteins (ß-galactose)	Leukocytes [52]	Galectins

Only major ligands are listed