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Table 2. Surface marker, tissue distribution, and transcriptional regulators of human DC subsets.

DC subset	Surface markers	Tissue distribution	Transcription factor(s)	References^a
pDC	HLA-DR⁺CD11c⁻BDCA-2⁺ BDCA-4⁺CD123⁺	Blood, tonsil, lymph nodes	E2-2, GATA-2, IRF8, SpiB, PU.1	[99, 216, 221–223, 237]
DC
CD1c⁺ (BDCA-1⁺)	HLA-DR⁺CD11c⁺CD11b⁺ CD1c⁺	Blood, tonsil, lymph nodes	GATA-2, IRF8	[216, 221–223]
CD141⁺ (BDCA-3⁺)	HLA-DR⁺CD11c⁺CD11b⁻ CD141⁺XCR1⁺CLEC9A⁺	Blood, tonsil, lymph nodes	GATA-2, IRF8	[216, 221–223]
CD103⁺	DC-LAMP⁺CD103⁺	Mesenteric lymph nodes	Unknown	NA
CD1a⁺	CD11c⁺CD1a⁺CD14⁻	Skin, lymph nodes	GATA-2, STAT5	[157, 221–223]
CD14⁺	CD11c⁺ CD14⁺ CD1a⁻	Skin, lymph nodes	GATA-2	[221–223]
LC	CD11c⁺EpCAM⁺	Skin, skin-draining lymph nodes	Unknown	NA
Mono/DC
CD16⁺	CD11c⁺CD16⁺HLA-DR⁺	Blood	GATA-2	[221–223]

References for transcriptional regulators are provided. References for DC subset identification and localization can be found in the text.