Human immunophenotyping standard panels. This table lists the combination of markers frequently used to analyze different immune cells populations
Parental populations | Parental markers | Subpopulation | Subpopulation markers | Ref. |
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CD4 T cells | CD3+/CD20–/CD8−/CD4+ | Naive | CCR7+/CD45RA+ | [18, 19] |
Central memory | CCR7+/CD45RA− | |||
Terminal effector | CCR7−/CD45RA+ | |||
Effector memory | CCR7−/CD45RA− | |||
Treg | CD127low/CD25Hi/CCR4+ | |||
Th1 | CD25low/−/CXCR5−/CD45RA−/CXCR3+/CCR6− | [19] | ||
Th2 | CD45RA–/CCR4+/CCR6–/CXCR3+ | [20] | ||
Th1Th17 | CD45RA–/CCR4–/CCR6+/CXCR3+ | |||
Th17 | CD25low/−/CXCR5−/CD45RA−/CXCR3−/CCR6+ | [19] | ||
Th22 | CD194+/CD196+/CCR10+ | [21] | ||
CD8 T cells | CD3+/CD20–/CD8+/CD4– | Naive | CCR7+/CD45RA+ | [18, 19, 22] |
Central memory | CCR7+/CD45RA− | |||
Terminal effector | CCR7−/CD45RA+ | |||
Effector memory | CCR7−/CD45RA− | |||
Unconventional T cells | CD3+/CD20– | NKT cells | TCRVα24JαQ+ | [19] |
MAIT cells | CD161+/TCRVα7.2+ | |||
γδ T cells | TCRVαβ−/TCRVγδ+ | |||
NK cells | CD3−/CD56+ | - | - | [19] |
Granulocytes | CD45+/CD3–/CD19– | Neutrophils | CD16+ | [23] |
Basophils | CD123+/HLA-DR– | |||
Eosinophils | CD16– | |||
B cells | CD3–/CD20+ | Transitional | CD10+/CD27− | [19] |
Naive | CD27−/CD10− | |||
Memory | CD27+/CD10− | |||
Monocytes | CD45+/CD3–/CD19–/CD123–/HLA-DR+/CD11c+ | Classical | CD14+CD16– | [23] |
Intermediate | CD14+CD16+ | |||
Non-classical | CD14–CD16+ | |||
Dendritic cells | CD45+/CD3–/CD19– | Myeloid | CD123–CD11c+/CD16–CD14–/HLA-DR++ | [23] |
Plasmacytoid | CD123+/HLA-DR+ |
CCR7: C-C chemokine receptor type 7; CXCR5: C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 5; HLA: human leucocyte antigen; MAIT: mucosal-associated invariant T; Th1: T helper 1; Treg: regulatory T cell; -: none