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. 2021 Dec 23;12:790963. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.790963

TABLE 5.

Cells expressing PD-1 and its ligands via different signaling molecules.

Immune checkpoint protein/ligands Cells Signaling/stimulatory molecule involved Pathway Ref
PD-1 T cells (CD4, CD8, Tregs) IL-10 and TGF-β, NOTCH, Forkhead box protein (FOXO1), interferon regulatory factor (IRFs) and nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT, phospholipase C-γ (PLCγ), ERK, JAK/STAT/IRF1 Dong et al. (2017); Cagle et al. (2018); Sordillo et al. (2021); Touboul et al. (2021)
Activated B cells
NK cells
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
Langerhans cells
PD-L1 T cells (CD4, CD8, Tregs) IFN-γ, Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), B-cell receptors in B-cells (BCR) JAK/STAT/IRF1, MEK/ERK and MYD88/TRAF6 Bardhan et al. (2016); Tewari et al. (2017); Lu et al. (2019)
Activated B cells
Macrophages
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
PD-L2 Dendritic cells GM-CSF, IL-4 Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT Xing et al. (2018); Lu et al. (2019)
Mast cells
Macrophages