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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2009 Oct 28;183(10):6175–6185. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902232

Table I.

Phenotype of monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cellsa

Relative Expression Level of Phenotypic Markers
Monocytes Macrophages Immature DC Mature DC
MHC II ++ ++/+++ +++ +++
CD3 − − − −
CD11c + + + +
CD14 ++ + +/− −
CD40 + + + ++
CD54 + + + ++
CD80 − + + +/++
CD83 − − − +
CD86 + + + ++
DC-SIGN − − + +
a

Human monocytes, macrophages, and DCs were stained with fluorophore-conjugated Abs to the listed cell surface Ags and assessed by flow cytometry. The relative expression level for each marker is given and, in all cases, was consistent with the literature.