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. 2008 Jun;21(2):99–113. doi: 10.1089/vim.2008.0002

Table 1.

Phenotypic Variations that Define Functional Subsets of Memory T Cells

Phenotypic markers Memory subsets Functions References
CCR7 Effector-memory Effector cytokine production 6,118120,141
CD62L CD62Llo/CCR7
Central-memory
CD62Lhi/CCR7+
IL-2, high proliferation  
CD45RB CD45RBhi Low effector responses 16
  CD45RBlo Effector cytokines  
VLA1 CD49b+ TNF-α, protective 48, 62
VLA-2 (CD49b) CD49b IL-10  
  VLA-1+ Th-1 functions  
CD27 Effector memory Effector cytokine production 18, 46, 53
  CD27lo
Central memory
CD27hi
IL-2, high proliferation  
CD28 CD28+ All resting memory 98, 106, 150
  CD28 Newly activated memory/CMV downmodulation  
CD43 CD43lo Effector cytokines 53, 71, 100
  CD43hi Naive  
CCR6, CCR4 CCR6+CCR4+ IL-17 2, 9
CXCR3 CXCR3+ Th-1 responses 68, 131