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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Immunol. 2021 Dec 7;51(12):2708–3145. doi: 10.1002/eji.202170126

Table 148.

Summary phenotype table noting the differences between human and murine cells

Antigen Mouse Human
Molecules/synonyms Expression density Molecules/synonyms Expression density
MHC class I MHC class I, all H-2 molecules + all HLA-A, -B, -C, -G, -E alleles +*
H-2K +
H-2D +
H-2L +
beta2-microglobuline, b2m + beta2-microglobuline, b2m
MHC class II I-A, I-E HLA-DR
HLA-DQ
HLA-DP
NKG2D ligands Rae-1γ Lo ULBP2 lo
H60 Lo ULBP5, 6 lo
MULT1 Lo ULBP4 lo
Rae-1α Lo ULBP1 lo
none NA MICA lo
none NA MICB lo
Rae-1ε Lo ULBP3 lo
ICAM-1 CD54 + CD54 +
VCAM CD106 + CD106 +
Ep-CAM CD326 + CD326 +
VE-cadherin CD144 + CD144 +
E-cadherin CD234 + CD234 +
EGFR HER1 + HER1 +
PDGFR CD140a (alpha chain) + CD140a (alpha chain) +
CD140b (beta chain) + CD140b (beta chain) +
c-Met HGF-receptor + HGF-receptor +
Pan-cytokeratin pan-cytokeratin + pan-cytokeratin +
Cytokeratin 18 CK18 + CK18 +
Cytokeratin 8 CK8+CK18 + CK8 +
CD24 CD24 ** CD24 **
CD34 CD34 ** CD34 **
CD44 CD44 ** CD44 **
CD99 CD99 MIC2; single-chain type-1 glycoprotein +
CD133 CD133 ** CD133
+

Indicates high expression,−indicates no expression, lo indicates low expression, NA indicates not applicable.

*

lost upon escape

**

potential tumor stem cell marker