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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Metab. 2013 Nov 14;19(1):8–20. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.10.003

Table 1. Cell surface markers of WAT resident adipocyte precursors and adipogenic cell populations found in other murine tissues.

Tissue Positive Negative
White Adipose CD341-5, Sca11-4, PdgfRα2,3, CD291,2,
PdgfRβ4,5, ΔDecorin5, CD445, NG24,
gp383, VCAM13, CD24*1-3
CD311-5, CD451-5, Ter1191,4,
CD1051,4, CD1171,5, Mac14
Brown Adipose6 CD34, Sca1, CD29 CD31, CD45
Skeletal Muscle CD347-9, Sca17-9, PdgrRa7-9, PdgfRp8,9,
CD298, NG29, CD908, CD1469
CD317-9, CD457-9, α7-Integrin7,8,
CD1178, SM/C-2.68
Skin10 CD34, Sca1, CD29, CD24* CD31, CD45
Bone Marrow11 Sca1, PdgfRα CD45, Ter119
*

CD24 is expressed by adipogenic cells in embryonic WAT, but is only expressed by the early adipocyte progenitors in adulthood, when they represent of rare subset of the adipocyte precursors.