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. 2024 Mar 25;4(3):895–910. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0357

TABLE 1.

PBMC panels markers. Cell-surface markers used to gate and identify indicated cell types in PBMC samples

Major cell population Subsets Gating Reference
T/B Panel
Total T cells CD45+/CD3+ PMID: 32830910
CD8+ T cells CD45+/CD3+/CD4/CD8+ PMID: 32830910
Naïve CD8 CD45RA+/CD197+ PMID: 24258910; PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
TEMRA CD8 CD45RA+/CD197 PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
CD45RA terminal effector CD8 CD45RA+/CD197/CD27/CD28 PMID: 18657274
Central memory CD8 CD45RA/CD197+ PMID: 24258910; PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
Effector CD8 CD45RA/CD197 PMID: 24258910; PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
Early effector CD8 CD45RA/CD197/CD28+/CD27+ PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Early-like effector CD8 CD45RA/CD197/CD28+/CD27 PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Terminal effector CD8 CD45RA/CD197/CD28/CD27 PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Intermediate effector CD8 CD45RA/CD197/CD28/CD27+ PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
CD4+ T cells CD45+/CD3+/CD8 /CD4+ PMID: 32830910
Naïve CD4 CD45RA+/CD197+ PMID: 24258910; PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
TEMRA CD4 CD45RA+/CD197 PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274; PMID: 29133794
CD45RA terminal effector CD4 CD45RA+/CD197/CD27/CD28 PMID: 18657274; PMID: 29133794
Central memory CD4 CD45RA/CD197+ PMID: 24258910; PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
Follicular helper T CD45RA/CD197+/CD185+/CD183all PMID: 30714682
Effector CD4 CD45RA/CD197 PMID: 24258910; PMID: 10537110; PMID: 28069807; PMID: 18657274
Early effector CD4 CD45RA/CD197/CD28+/CD27+ PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Early-like effector CD4 CD45RA/CD197/CD28+/CD27 PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Terminal effector CD4 CD45RA/CD197/CD28/CD27 PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Intermediate effector CD4 CD45RA/CD197/CD28/CD27+ PMID: 18785267; PMID: 18657274
Regulatory T cells CD25+/CD127 PMID: 23166007
Th1 CD183+/CD196 PMID: 33219622; PMID: 30714682
Th2 CD194+/CD196 PMID: 33219622; PMID: 30714682
Th9/22 CD183/CD196+/CD194+ PMID: 30714682
Th17 CD161+/CD196+ PMID: 30714682
Gamma delta T cells CD45+/CD3+/TCRγδ+ PMID: 28119690; PMID: 32830910
CD197/CD45RA++/TCRgd+ CD197/CD45RA++ PMID: 12900516; PMID: 32830910
CD197+/CD45RAall/TCRgd+ CD197+/CD45RAall PMID: 12900516; PMID: 32830910
CD197/CD45RA/TCRgd+ CD197/CD45RA PMID: 12900516; PMID: 32830910
Activated T cells CD45+/CD3+/HLADR+/CD38+ PMID: 26362266; PMID: 29483513
NKT-like T cells CD45+/CD3+/TCRγδ/CD161+ PMID: 21787777
NK cells CD45+/CD3/TCRγδ/TCRαβ/HLA-DR PMID: 32830910
Total B cells CD45+/CD19+ PMID: 28715846
Plasmablasts CD27+/CD38+ PMID: 28715846; PMID: 15778361
CD20+ B cells CD20+ PMID: 28715846
Naïve CD20+/CD27/IgD+ PMID: 28715846; PMID: 9802980
Switched memory B CD20+/CD27+/IgD PMID: 28715846; PMID: 9802980
Unswitched memory B CD20+/CD27+/IgD+ PMID: 28715846; PMID: 9802980
DN memory B CD20+/CD27/IgD PMID: 28715846; PMID: 9802980
Checkpoint inhibitors PD-1 CD279+ PMID: 32429929
TIM-3 CD366+ PMID: 32429929
LAG-3 CD223+ PMID: 32429929
CTLA-4 CD152+ PMID: 32429929
M/N/D Panel
NKT cells CD45+/CD3+/CD56+ PMID: 24779018
NK cells CD45+/CD3/CD19/CD14/CD7+ PMID: 19805616
Early NK cells CD56+/CD16 PMID: 23650273; PMID: 32830910
Mature NK cells CD56+/CD16+ PMID: 23650273; PMID: 32830910
Terminal NK cells CD56/CD16+ PMID: 23650273; PMID: 32830910
NK cell status KLRD1 CD94+ PMID: 23650273
NKG2D CD314+ PMID: 23650273
NKG2C CD159c+ PMID: 23650273
NKp30 CD337+ PMID: 23650273
NKp46 CD335+ PMID: 23650273
NKp44 CD336+ PMID: 23650273
KIR2DL1/S1/S3/S5 CD158+ PMID: 23650273
TIM-3 CD366+ PMID: 32858904
Classical monocytes CD45+/CD14+/CD16 PMID: 20628149
Classical monocytes-Normal HLA-DR+ PMID: 31191529
Classical monocytes-Immunosuppressed HLA-DR PMID: 31191529
Intermediate monocytes CD45+/CD14+/CD16+ PMID: 20628149
Intermediate monocytes-Normal HLA-DR+ PMID: 31191529
Intermediate monocytes-Immunosuppressed HLA-DR PMID: 31191529
Nonclassical monocytes CD45+/CD14 /CD16+ PMID: 20628149
Nonclassical monocytes-Normal HLA-DR+ PMID: 31191529
Nonclassical monocytes-Immunosuppressed HLA-DR PMID: 31191529
MDSC-like cells CD45+/CD11b+/CD33+/HLA-DR PMID: 28936253
Monocytic MDSC-like cells CD14+ PMID: 28936253
Dendritic cells CD45+/CD3/HLA-DR+/CD19/CD20 PMID: 29356334
cDC1 CD14/CD123/CD141+/CD1c/CD5 PMID: 29356334, PMID: 31474513
cDC2 CD14/CD123/CD141/CD1c+/CD5+/ CD11b+ PMID: 29356334, PMID: 31474513
cDC3 CD14±/ CD163±/CD5 PMID: 28428369; PMID: 31474513
pDC CD14/CD123+/CD141/CD1c/CD5 PMID: 29356334; PMID: 28167780