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Table 1 Leukocyte adhesion molecules

From: Leukocyte recruitment in preterm and term infants

Endothelial adhesion molecule

Leukocyte ligand

Endothelial ligand

Functions

E-selectin

PSGL-1, CD44, ESL-1

None

Capturing, rolling, integrin activation

P-selectin

PSGL-1

None

Capturing, rolling, integrin activation

ICAM-1

LFA-1, Mac-1

None

Rolling, adhesion, crawling

VCAM-1

VLA4

None

Rolling, adhesion, crawling

RAGE

Mac-1

None

Adhesion, crawling, transmigration

ICAM-2

LFA-1, Mac-1

None

Crawling, initiating diapedesis

JAM-A

LFA-1

JAM-A

Leukocyte diapedesis

JAM-B

VLA-4

JAM-B, JAM-C

Prevention of reverse TEM

JAM-C

Mac-1

JAM-C, JAM-B

Prevention of reverse TEM

ESAM

Unknown

ESAM

Diapedesis

PECAM-1

PECAM-1

PECAM-1

Promoting TEM

CD99

CD99

CD99

Promoting TEM

CD99L2

CD99L2

CD99L2

Promoting TEM

VE-cadherin

None

VE-cadherin

Preventing diapedesis

  1. Location and function of key leukocyte adhesion molecules and their ligands [15, 25, 48]
  2. ESAM endothelial cell-selective adhesion molecule, CD99L2 CD99 antigen-like protein 2, JAM junctional adhesion molecule, PECAM-1 platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1, VE-cadherin vascular endothelial cadherin, VLA4 very late antigen 4, TEM transendothelial migration