Protease-activated receptors (PARs) are a subfamily of four G-protein-coupled receptors mediating multiple functions. PARs expression was studied in subpopulations of human lymphocytes. Our results indicate that natural killer cells expressed mRNA for PAR(1), PAR(2) and PAR(3), CD4+ T cells expressed PARI and PAR(2), while gamma delta and CD8+ T cells only expressed PAR(1) PAR(4) was absent at mRNA level and B cells did not express any PAR. Analyses of the cell surface PARs expression by flow cytometry were consistent with the mRNA data and also between different donors. PAR(1) is the most abundant member of the PAR family present in lymphocytes. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.