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Table 2 Chemokines in tumor microenvironment and effects on tumor progression

From: One cell, multiple roles: contribution of mesenchymal stem cells to tumor development in tumor microenvironment

Chemokines

Chemokine receptors

Cellular sources

Tumor growth

Metastasis

Immune response

References

CCL2

CCR2

tumor cells, macrophages, endothelial cells, TAFs

+(low concentration)

+

-

[42–46]

-(high concentration)

CCL3

CCR1,4,5

endothelial cells

+

+

+

[42, 47]

CCL4

CCR5

macrophages

+

+

-

[42]

CCL5

CCR1,3,5

MSCs, tumor cells, TAFs

+

+

 

[42, 48]

CCL7

CCR1,2,3

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL8

CCR2,3,5

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL11

CCR3

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL12

CCR2

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL16

CCR1

 

-

-

 

[49]

CCL17

CCR4

tumor cells, macrophages

-

+

+

[42, 50]

CCL18

unknown

TAM

 

+

 

[42, 51]

CCL19

CCR7,11

tumor cells, DCs

—

+

+

[42, 52]

CCL20

CCR6

tumor cells

-

+

+

[53–56]

CCL21

CCR7,11

lymph nodes, tumor cells, endothelial cells

-

+

 

[57–64]

CCL22

CCR4

tumor cells, macrophages

-

+

+

[42, 50, 65]

CCL23

CCR1

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL24

CCR3

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL25

CCR9,11

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL26

CCR3

 

+

+

 

[42]

CCL27

CCR2,3,10

 

+

+

 

[66]

CXCL1

CXCR1,2

tumor cells, TAFs

+

-

 

[59, 67, 68]

CXCL2

CXCR2

tumor cells, TAFs

+

+

 

[42, 67–70]

CXCL3(GRO-α,β,γ)

CXCR2

tumor cells, TAFs

+

-

 

[67, 68, 71]

CXCL5( ENA-78)

CXCR1,2

 

+

+

 

[42, 71, 72]

CXCL6

CXCR1,2

 

+

+

 

[42]

CXCL7(NAP2)

CXCR1,2

 

+

+

 

[42]

CXCL8

CXCR1,2

TAFs,endothelial cells, tumor cells, monocytes

+

+

 

[19, 42, 59, 73–76]

CXCL9

CXCR3

 

-

  

[77, 78]

CXCL10

CXCR3

tumor cells

-

  

[59, 78]

CXCL11

CXCR3

 

-

  

[61, 79–82]

CXCL12

CXCR4

tumor cells, astrocytes, fibroblasts, microglia cells

+

+

 

[61, 83–86]

CXCL13

CXCR5

tumor cells, macrophages,TAFs

+

+

 

[42, 87–89]

CXCL14

unknown

 

-

 

+

[90]

CX3CL1

CX3CR1

 

+

+

 

[91–95]

PF4

  

-

  

[96, 97]

IP-10

CXCR3

 

-

  

[38, 71, 80, 98]

MIG

CXCR3

 

-

-

 

[71, 99]

  1. Abbreviations: +, promote; —, inhibit.