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Table 1 Overview of the expression and localization of PD-L1/PD-1 pathway in pain model

From: PD-L1/PD-1 pathway: a potential neuroimmune target for pain relief

Disease Model

Expression

Cellular localization

Regulated cell subset

References

PD-L1

PD-1

Inflammatory pain

CFA-induced(mice)

spinal dorsal horn

neurons

neurons

/

[33]

DRG, spinal nerve axons, spinal axon terminals

neurons

neurons

microglia

[32]

CFA-induced(rat)

DRG

neurons

neurons

/

[34]

Formalin- induced(mice)

DRG

spinal cord

neurons

neurons

/

[19]

Neuropathic pain

CCI-induced(mice)

sciatic nerves

macrophages

/

T cells and macrophages

[18]

Chemotherapeutic-induced (mice)

DRG,

peripheral nervous tissue

macrophages

primary sensory neurons

/

[16]

DRG

spinal cord

neurons

neurons, microglia,

astrocytes

macrophage,

T-cell

[89]

SCI-induced(mice)

spinal cord

astrocytes

macrophages/microglia

macrophages/microglia

macrophages/microglia

[81]

spinal cord

neurons, macrophages/microglia, astrocyte, endothelial cell, oligodendroglia

/

macrophages and microglia

[17]

spinal cord

microglia

microglia

microglia

[90]

spinal cord

macrophages, microglia, B cells, neutrophils, and γб T cells

Tregs

Tregs

[95]

SNI-induced (mice)

tibial and peroneal nerve, DRG

/

/

macrophages and T cells

[49]

DRG, spinal nerve axons, spinal axon terminals

neurons

neurons

Microglia

[32]

spinal cord

microglia

/

microglia

[52]

retrovirus

infection-induced (mice)

lumbar spinal cord, DRG

/

/

CD4+ and CD8+T cells Microglia macrophages

[50]

postherpetic

neuralgia

Varicella-zoster virus -induced(patients)

peripheral blood

mononuclear cells

CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells

CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells

CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells

[56, 57]

Cancer pain

Bone cancer(mice)

tumor-bearing BM

tumor cells

macrophages and monocytes

/

[51]

DRG

neurons

neurons

/

[35]

DRG

spinal cord

neurons

neurons

microglia

[32]

Melanoma(mice)

DRG

spinal cord

neurons

neurons

/

[19]

Non-small

cell lung cancer(mice)

cancer tissue

A549 and H1299 cells

Tumor cells

CTL, CD8+ T cells

[55]

/(patients)

peripheral blood

T cells

T cells

T cells

[59]

others

Migraine-like pain(mice)

trigeminal ganglia

TG neurons

TG neurons

/

[47]

Capsaicin-evoked

(mice and patients)

DRG

neurons

neurons

/

[36]

Pregnancy-Induced

Pain(mice)

spinal cord

/

/

/

[54]

  1. Note: CCI: chronic constrictive injury; SNI: spared nerve injury; CFA: complete Freund’s adjuvant; SCI: spinal cord injury; CTL: cytotoxic T lymphocytes.