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. 2015 May 19;5:10370. doi: 10.1038/srep10370

Table 1. Immune cells and sample sizes in the current version of the ImmuSort database.

Species Cell type Group Sample size GEO series number Note
Human
  B cell B cell (ALL) 314 9 CD19+ B cells from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
    B cell (CLL) 767 16 CD19+ B cells from patients with chronic lymphoid leukaemia (CLL)
    B cell 464 45 The rest of the CD19+ B cells
  T cell CD4+ T cell 619 55  
    CD8+ T cell 189 29  
    T cell 231 30 Mixture of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells
    T cell (ALL) 230 3 T cells from patients with ALL
    Treg 72 10 Regulatory T cells (Tregs)
    Jurkat 131 22 Acute T cell leukaemia cell line
  NK NK 149 15 Natural killer cells (NKs)
  PBL PBL 175 3 Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs)
  Monocyte Monocyte 462 48  
    THP-1 164 26 Acute monocytic leukaemia cell line
  DC DC (monocyte-derived dendritic cell, MDDC) 334 25 Monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs)
    DC (tissue resident) 77 9 Dendritic cells (DCs) from cord blood, peripheral blood and skin, among others. Plasmacytoid DCs are also included in this group.
  Macrophage Monocyte-derived macrophage (MDM) 253 23  
    Macrophage (lung) 132 7 Alveolar macrophages
  Haematopoietic stem cell Haematopoietic stem cell (blood) 198 24 CD34+ cells from cord blood or peripheral blood
    Haematopoietic stem cell (MDS,bone marrow) 195 3 CD34+ cells from the bone marrow of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
    Haematopoietic stem cell (bone marrow) 97 12 CD34+ cells from the bone marrow of individuals without MDS
  Mononuclear cell Bone marrow mononuclear cell (BMMC) 791 11 Bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) from patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
    PBMC (breast cancer) 87 2 Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with breast cancer
    PBMC (CLL) 77 2 PBMCs from patients with CLL
    PBMC (COPD) 94 1 PBMCs from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
    PBMC (JIA) 278 11 PBMCs from patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
    PBMC (transplant) 150 3 PBMCs from recipients after kidney or liver transplant
    PBMC (MS) 250 2 PBMCs from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)
    PBMC (miscellaneous) 650 40 PBMCs from miscellaneous and other experimental conditions
    PBMC (normal) 564 39 PBMCs from healthy individuals
  Plasma cell Plasma cell 1771 18 Mainly from patients with multiple myeloma
  Neutrophil PMN/neutrophil 457 21 Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), neutrophils
           
Mouse
  B cell B cell 404 60 CD19+ B cells
    B cell precursor 149 20 Including pre-B, pro-B and other B cell precursors
  T cell CD4+ T cell 652 107  
    CD8+ T cell 318 41  
    T cell 110 22 Mixture of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells
    Treg 176 42  
    Thymocyte 267 24 Thymocytes are white blood cells situated in the thymus. They are generally T cells with distinct maturational stages based on the expression of the CD4 and CD8 cell surface markers.
  NK NK 85 20  
  DC DC (bone marrow) 147 20 DCs from bone marrow
    DC (spleen) 135 23 DCs from the spleen
    DC (other) 130 12 Primary DCs from other tissue
  Haematopoietic stem cell Haematopoietic stem cell (LSK) 249 43 CD34+ haematopoietic stem cells
    Haematopoietic stem cell (LSK) 208 46 Lineage negative Sca-1 positive Kit positive HSCs
  Macrophage Macrophage (bone marrow) 571 38 Macrophages derived from bone marrow
    Macrophage (peritoneal) 95 15 Macrophages from the peritoneal
    Macrophage (other) 111 20 Macrophages from other tissue
  Splenocyte Splenocyte 122 8 Splenocytes are a mixture of different white blood cell types situated in the immune organ spleen.