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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Genet. 2020 Sep 14;52(10):1036–1045. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0684-4

Table 2 |.

Selected targets for therapeutic modulation

Cell trait name Biomarkers to ensure cell-subtype specificity Primary drug target Disease Proposed therapeutic modulation of primary drug target
HVEM on T cell (especially memory) CD3, CD45RO HVEM UC, IBD Activation
CD28 on CD4+ CD4, CD3, CD28 CD28 MS Inhibition
UC Activation
CD28 on CD28+CD45RA+ T cells (mainly CD8br) CD45RA, CD8, CD3, CD28 CD28 MS, thyroiditis, T1D, VIT Inhibition
CD80 on myeloid DC CD62L, CD33, CD11c, CD141 or CD1c CD80 CRO, IBD, Asthma Activation
pDC AC CD123/CLEC4C CD123/CLEC4C SLE Inhibition
CD80 on pDC CD80/CLEC4C CD80 SLE Inhibition
CD62L on pDC CD62L, CD123, CLEC4C CD62L SLE Inhibition
CD25 on CD45RA+ CD4 not Treg CD25, CD127, CD45RA, CD4, CD3 CD25 PSC, AA, MS Inhibition
CD25 on CD45RA CD4 not Treg CD25, CD127, CD45RO, CD4, CD3 CD25 Allergy, CRO Inhibition
PSC, T1D Activation
B cell % lymphocyte (especially IgD+CD24+ %lymphocyte) IgD, CD24, CD19/CD20 IgD, CD24, CD19/CD20 MS, SLE Inhibition
CD33 on myeloid cell (especially CD14+ monocyte) CD14, HLA DR CD33 AD Inhibition
CD27 on memory B cell (especially IgDCD38dim) CD27, CD19/CD20 CD27 HBVI, CRO, IBD, MS, SLE Inhibition
RA, KD Activation
CD40 on B cell (especially IgDCD27) CD19/CD20 CD40 RA, KD Inhibition
HBVI, CRO, IBD, MS, SLE Activation
IgDCD27 %B cell CD19/CD20 CD19/CD20 RA, KD Inhibition
HBVI, CRO, IBD, MS, SLE Activation

The table lists the cell trait name, specifying the primary drug target and the biomarkers used to ensure the specificity of the cell subtype. The correlated pathologies and the proposed therapeutic direction of modulation are also indicated. In the second column, a comma indicates the simultaneous need for specific markers; ‘or’ the mutually exclusive presence of two markers; a slash symbolizes the presence of at least one of the two indicated markers. Complete results are reported in Supplementary Table 8A. The disease acronyms are those of Fig. 3.