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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Immunol. 2021 Dec 7;51(12):2708–3145. doi: 10.1002/eji.202170126

Table 64.

Selection of important markers for flow cytometry of human MAIT cells

Surface Markers
TRAV1-2 +
CD3ε +
CD4 +/−
CD8α +
CD8β +/−
CD26 ++
CD27 +/−
CD28 +
CD56 +/−
CD94
CD101 +/−
CD127 (IL-17R) +
CD161 (NKRP1A) ++
CD186 (CXCR6) +
CD195 (CCR5) +
CD196 (CCR6) +
CD212 (IL-12R) +
CD218 (IL-18R) ++
CD226 (DNAM-1) +/−
CD319 (CRACC) +
CD328 (Siglec-7) +
Ly6C +/−
NKp80 +/−
Transcription factors
Eomes +
Helios +
PLZF +
T-bet +
RORγt +
Cytokines and effector molecules
Granzyme B +
IFNγ +
IL-2 +
IL-5# +
IL-13# +
IL-17A +/−
IL-22 +/−
Perforin +
TNF +

++ Indicates high expression, + indicates positive expression, − indicates no expression, +/− indicates bimodal expression, #indicates chronically stimulated MAIT cells, according to published reports [643, 680, 696]