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. 2021 Sep 1;5(6):e12586. doi: 10.1002/rth2.12586

TABLE 4.

Examples of receptors and preferential tissue tropism of natural AAV vectors (Reproduced, with permission, from Costa Verdera, p 3, Table 1)

Serotype Source Glycan Receptor Co‐Receptor/Other Examples of Tissue Tropism
AAV1 Nonhuman primate N‐linked sialic acid Unknown Skeletal muscle, lung, CNS, retina, pancreas
AAV2 Human HSPG FGFR1, HGFR, LamR, CD9, tetraspanin Smooth muscle, skeletal muscle, CNS, liver, kidney
AAV3 Nonhuman primate HSPG FGFR1, HGFR, LamR Hepatocarcinoma, skeletal muscle, inner ear
AAV4 Nonhuman primate O‐linked sialic acid Unknown CNS, retina
AAV5 Human N‐linked sialic acid PDGFR Skeletal muscle, CNS, lung, retina, liver
AAV6 Human N‐linked sialic acid, HSPG EGFR Skeletal muscle, heart, lung, bone marrow
AAV7 Nonhuman primate Unknown Unknown Skeletal muscle, retina, CNS
AAV8 Nonhuman primate Unknown LamR Liver, skeletal muscle, CNS, retina, pancreas, heart
AAV9 Nonhuman primate N‐linked galactose LamR Liver, heart, brain, skeletal muscle, lung, pancreas, kidney
AAV10 Nonhuman primate Unknown Unknown Liver

Abbreviations: AAV, adeno‐associated virus; CNS, central nervous system; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; FGFR1, fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; HGFR, hepatocyte growth factor; HSPG, heparan sulfate proteoglycans; LamR, laminin receptor; PDGFR, platelet‐derived growth factor receptor.