TABLE 2.
Phenotypic classification for afferent lymph macrophages and dendritic cells
| Afferent lymph cells | Characteristic
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size/granularity | Nonspecific esterase activity | Expressiona
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| CD1b | CD14 | |||
| Dendritic cells | Large/granular | Negative or positive with reticular/punctate distribution | (1) negative, (2) low, (3) high | (1) and (2) negative, (3) low |
| Macrophages | Large/granular | High with homogeneous distribution in cytoplasm | (4) negative or low | (4) high |
a
Numbers in parentheses refer to FACS analysis boxes shown in Fig. 2A.