Table 1.
Chemokine Receptor | Chemokine Ligand | T Cell Subset | Ligand Expression Pattern | Axis Function |
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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 |