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Molecules implicated in lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial and epithelial cells within different compartments of the human liver

Patricia F. Lalor and David H. Adams

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Table 3. Molecules implicated in lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial and epithelial cells within different compartments of the human livera (tab003dab)
Adhesion phase Bile ductule (molecules involved in retention) Portal vessel (molecules involved in adhesion)

Sinusoids (molecules involved in adhesion)

  Normal conditions Inflamed conditions Normal conditions Inflamed conditions Normal conditions Inflamed conditions
Initial capture or adhesion VCAM-1, ICAM-1, CXCL16 VCAM-1, ICAM-1, CXCL16 VAP-1 VAP-1, VCAM-1, P- and E-Sel VAP-1 VAP-1, VCAM-1
Triggering SDF

SDF, IL-8, RANTES, MCP-1, CXCL16

RANTES, MCP-1, MIP-1a, IL-8 (low levels) RANTES, MCP-1, MIP-1a and MIP-1b (high levels) IP-10, MIG, ITAC (low levels) IP-10, MIG, ITAC (high levels)
Arrest or retention VCAM-1 VCAM-1, ICAM-1, CXCL16 ICAM-2 VCAM-1, ICAM-1, ICAM-2 ICAM-1 (low level) VCAM-1, ICAM-1

a Differences in lymphocyte populations recruited to the different anatomical compartments can be attributed to differential expression of chemokines and adhesion molecules. Thus, CCR7-positive lymphocytes will be retained by biliary epithelial cells in response to SDF expression, whereas CXCR3-bearing lymphocytes will be recruited to sinusoidal endothelial cells expressing IP-10, MIG or ITAC. Under inflammatory conditions broader profiles of adhesion molecules and chemokines permit recruitment of a wider range of lymphocyte subsets. Note that cells are not recruited directly from the bile ductule, because bile ducts are not exposed to the blood stream; thus, the molecules listed under bile ductule are involved in retention.
Abbreviations: CXCL16, SexCkine or ligand for the BONZO receptor; E-Sel, E-selectin; ICAM, intercellular adhesion molecule; IL-8, interleukin 8; IP-10, interferon-g-inducible protein 10; ITAC, interferon-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant; MAdCAM-1, mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule 1; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; P-Sel, P-selectin; RANTES, ‘regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted’; SDF, stromal-cell-derived factor; VAP-1, vascular adhesion protein 1; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1.

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