From:  Melatonin, BAG-1 and cortisol circadian interactions in tumor pathogenesis and patterned immune responses

 The differential effects of melatonin, TrkB and GR on immune cell pro-inflammatory activation, as well as in tumor cell survival/proliferation

Cell typeMelatoninTrkBGRReferences
Immune cellMacrophage–––[84, 102, 103]
Microglia–+–[23, 104, 105]
NK cell+––[106–108]
CD8+ T cell++–[56, 109, 110]
DC–+–[111–113]
Treg+?+[91, 114]
Mast cell–?–[58, 80]
Neutrophil––/?–[52, 85, 115]
Astrocyte––/++[116–118]
MDSC–N/A+[59, 119]
Tumor cell–++[17, 18, 93]

+: stimulatory; –: inhibitory; N/A: no data available; MDSC: myeloid-derived suppressor cell; ?: requires data. –/? is meant to represent some data suggestive of “inhibitory” but requires more data