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. 2019 Apr 5;10:698. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00698

Table 1.

CD73 expression on various cell types and tissues and its prognostic finding.

Cell type Tissue or cell type Origin Reported prognostic finding References
Monocyte Peripheral blood post-infarcted myocardium Human Swine Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Expression of CD73 in Human Monocytes in vitro and in a Swine Model of myocardial Infarction in vivo.
Positive ADO loop leads to attenuation of inflammation and promotes the regeneration of the damaged myocardial tissue
(156)
Monocytes in the inflamed joint Murine CD73 expression is associated with the suppression of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (157)
Neutrophil Neutrophils in the inflamed joint Murine CD73 expression is associated with the suppression of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (157)
Dendritic cell Skin Murine Production of Extracellular Adenosine by CD73+ Dendritic Cells Is Crucial for Induction of T cell Anergy and Tolerance in Contact Hypersensitivity Reactions (158)
MDSC MDSCs generated from mouse hematopoietic progenitor cells (in vitro) Murine Generation of ADO by CD73 may promote MDSC expansion and facilitate their immunosuppressive activity (159)
Peripheral Blood from advanced melanoma patients Human High baseline levels of CD73 on MDSCs negatively correlate with Overall Survival and Progression Free Survival (160)
Macrophage Alveolar macrophages Murine CD73 expression in the lung tissue contributes to radiation-induced lung fibrosis (138)
Peritoneal macrophages Murine CD73 regulates anti-inflammatory signaling between apoptotic cells and endotoxin-conditioned tissue macrophages and is required to limit neutrophil influx in a peritonitis model (161)
NK cells Peripheral blood 2–5% CD73+ NK cells Human ADO induces T cell suppression (162164)
Upregulation of CD73 upon exposure to MSC (in vitro) Human CD73+ NK cells have the potential to regulate NK cell activation in an autocrine or paracrine manner (165)
B cells Subpopulations of murine memory B cells, germinal center B cells Murine ADO signaling is prominent in the mature germinal center and required for establishment of the long-lived plasma cell compartment (166)
Peripheral blood and tonsil Human
Dependence of Immunoglobulin Class Switch Recombination in B Cells on Vesicular Release of ATP and CD73 Ectonucleotidase Activity
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) patients with impaired class-switched antibody responses are selectively deficient in CD73
(167)
Colon B cells Murine B cell CD73/CD39/adenosine mediates immunosuppression in DSS-induced colitis (149)
T cells Th1, Th2, Th17, Treg in normal, and tumor tissues Murine human CD73 may favor cell homeostasis, memory survival, and differentiation (168170)
Human CD73+ T cells infiltrate into breast and ovarian tumor tissue (165)
Human murine ADO induces immunosuppression (146, 171174)
Murine CD73 expression on extracellular vesicles derived from Treg contributes to their regulatory function (175)
Murine CD73 expression in the lung tissue contributes to radiation-induced lung fibrosis (138)
Fibroblasts Cancer-associated fibroblasts in High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) Human High CD73 expression on CAFs is associated with worse prognosis (176)
Cancer-associated fibroblasts in bladder cancer Human High CD73 expression on CAFs is associated with worse prognosis (177)
Epithelial cells Retinal pigment epithelial cells Murine CD73 expression is associated with the suppression of conventional CD4 cell proliferation (178)
Renal epithelial cells Murine CD73 expression on proximal tubular epithelial cells Is critical in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury protection (179)
Endothelial cells Bladder cancer Human High CD73 expression is associated with better survival in non-muscle-invasive BC (NMIBC) and muscle-invasive BC (MIBC) tumors (177)
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) Experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) Murine Inhibition of T-cell proliferation (150)
Stem cells (Hematopoitic stem cells; cancer stem cells) Murine human CD73/Ado induce stemness, homing (151, 154)