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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Discov Med. 2017 Aug;24(130):31–39.

Table 1.

Chemokines Expression and T Cell Subsets.

Chemokine Receptor Chemokine Ligand T Cell Subset Ligand Expression Pattern Axis Function
CCR7 CCL19
CCL21
Naïve Central memory Secondary lymphoid organs
Blood-brain barrier
Homing of T cells to various secondary lymphoid organs, trafficking within spleen; recruitment to the CNS
CXCR3 CXCL4
CXCL9 (MIG) CXCL10 (IP-10)
CXCL11 (I-TAC)
Th1
CD8+ cytotoxic
Sites of injury and inflammation Recruitment to inflammatory sites and wound healing
CCR5 CCL3,
CCL3L1
CCL4 (MIP-1) CCL5 (RANTES)
Th1 Sites of injury and inflammation Recruitment to inflammatory sites and wound healing
CCR4 CCL2 (MCP-1) CCL4 (MIP-1)
CCL5 (RANTES) CCL17 (TARC, CCL22 (Macrophage-derived chemokine)
Th2
Th17
Th22
Treg
Sites of injury and inflammation Recruitment to inflammatory sites; plays a role in pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases
CCR3 CCL5 (RANTES) CCL7 (MCP-3) CCL11
CCL13 (MCP-4) CCL26 (eotax-in3)
Th2 Sites of inflammation or infection Recruitment to inflammatory or infection sites
CCR6 CCL20 (MIP-3α) Th17
Th22
Mucosal lymphoid tissue
Lymph nodes
Liver
Appendix
Recruitment in response to infection or inflammation at these sites
CCR10 CCL27
CCL28
Th22
Treg
Skin T cell-mediated skin inflammation
CXCR5 CXCL13
(BLC/BCA-1)
Tfh B cell follicles of lymph
nodes
Spleen
Enables T cells to migrate to lymph node B cell zones
CCR8 CCL1
CCL8
Th2 Thymus Positioning of activated T cells within the antigenic challenge sites and specialized areas of lymphoid tissues
CCR1 CCL3 (MIP-1 α) CCL5 (RANTES) CCL7 (MCP-3)
CCL23 (MPIF-1)
Th1 Sites of inflammation or infection Recruitment to inflammatory or infection sites