Table 3 Phagocytosis checkpoint characteristics in tumor immune microenvironment.

From: Roles of the phagocytosis checkpoint in radiotherapy

Signaling pathway

RT-associated pre-clinical study

Other functions

Radiotherapy efficacy (Activated signaling)

Prognostic significance (Activated signaling)

“Don’t eat me” signals

CD47-SIRPα

(Identified)

Radioprotection in normal cells [77, 78]

Radioresisatnce [58]

Negative [48]

PD-L1-PD-1

T cell-mediated tumor adaptive immune [18]

Radioresistance [85]

Negative [83]

MHC-1-LIRB1

Processing and presenting tumor antigen [94]

Sensitivity to radiotherapy [186]

Negative [41] Positive [187]

CD24-Siglec10

Cancer stem cell marker [103]

Radioresistance [188]

Negative [189]

α2–6-linked sialic acid -CD22

/ (Not identified)

Inhibiting B-cell receptor signaling [108]

/

Negative [190]

Fc-FcγR IIB

/

/

/

Negative [112] Positive [191]

SLAMF3/SLAMF4

/

CD8+ T cells exhaustion [192]

/

Negative [44] Positive [193]

GD-2-Siglec7

/

Inhibiting CD8+ T cells [194]

/

Negative [113]

“Eat me” signals

CRT-LRP1

Activating DCs [195]

Sensitivity to radiotherapy [124]

Negative [196] Positive [197]

PS-associated axis

Promoting immune suppression [198]

Radioresistance [133]

Negative [199]

SLAMF7-SLAMF7

/

Activating CD8+ T cells [200]

/

Positive [201]

Fc-FcγRs

/

/

/

Negative [112] Positive [191]