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Table 1 Expression, ligands and signaling pathways of immune checkpoint molecules (based on [210] and [211])

From: T cell exhaustion: from pathophysiological basics to tumor immunotherapy

Immune checkpoint receptors (synonym)

Cellular expression

Ligand

Intracellular motif

Signaling pathways

CTLA-4 (CD152)

T cells

CD80, CD86

YxxM

SHP2, LCK/ZAP70/PI3K

PP2A/AKT

PD-1 (CD279)

T cells, B cells, DCs, NKT cells, Monocytes

PD-L1, PD-L2

ITIM, ITSM

SHP1, PI3K/AKT SHP2, LCK/ZAP70/PI3K, RAS

TIGIT (VSIG9, VSTM3)

T cells, NK and NKT cells

CD155, CD112

2 × ITIM

NF-kB, PI3K and MAPK

LAG-3 (CD223)

T cells, B cells, DC, NK cells

MHCII

KIEELE

not determined

2B4 (CD244)

T cells, NK cells, Monocytes, Basophiles

CD2, CD48

ITSM

not determined

BTLA (CD272)

T cells, B cells, DC, Macrophages, Myeloid cells

HVEM, CD80

ITIM, ITSM

SHP1, PI3K/AKT

SHP2, LCK/ZAP70/PI3K

TIM3 (HAVCR2)

T cells, B cells, NK cells, NKT cells, DCs, Macrophages

Gal-9

Y235, Y242

PI3K

BAT3/LCK

VISTA (PD1-H)

T cells, DCs, Macrophages, Monocytes, Neutrophils

not determined

not determined

not determined

CD96 (Tactile)

T cells, NK cells, Myeloid cells

CD155

ITIM

not determined