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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Immunity. 2011 Sep 23;35(3):323–335. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.09.007

Table 2.

Heterogeneity of Tissue Macrophages in Mice

Lymphoid tissue macrophages

Spleen Lymph node Bone marrow Thymus

Phenotype and Localization Red pulp MØ
-Entire red pulp
-F4/80hiCD11bloCD169loMHCIIlo
CD163+CD68+CD115+CD172a+
Subcapsular sinus MØ
-Lining subcapsular sinus
-F4/80loCD11b+CD169+CD11clo
MARCO+
Bone marrow CD169+
-Distributed throughout the
marrow but enriched around
the hematopoietic stem cell niche
F4/80+CD11bloCD169+CD11clo
CD68+CX3CR1CD115+
Subcapsular MØ
-MHCII+F4/80+Mac-2FcγRII+FcγRIII+
Marginal zone MØ
-Outer layer
of marginal zone sinus
-F4/80SIGN-R1+MARCO+
Medullar MØ
-Lining medullar sinus
-F4/80hiCD11b+CD169+CD11clo
Cortex MØ
-MHCIIF4/80+Mac-2+FcγRII+FcγRIII+
Marginal zone metallophilic MØ
-Inner layer of marginal zone sinus
-F4/80CD169+
CD11chiCD169+
-Boundary between the sinus and
the T cell zone or B cell follicle
-MHCII+F4/80+CD169+CD11chiCD8+
Cortico-medullary MØ
-MHCII+F4/80+Mac-2+
FcγRIIhiFcγRIIIhi
Tingible body MØ
-Germinal center
-F4/80CD11bCD68+MFG-E8+
Tingible body MØ
-Germinal center
-F4/80CD11bCD68+MFG-E8+
Medulla MØ
-Germinal center
-MHCIIhiF4/80+Mac-2+
FcγRII+FcγRIII+

References Lloyd et al., 2008
Kohyama et al., 2009
Miyake et al., 2007
You et al., 2011
Hanayama et al., 2004
Rabinowitz et al., 1991
Phan et al., 2009
Asano et al., 2011
Chow et al., 2011
Crocker and Gordon, 1986
Soga et al., 1997
Non-lymphoid tissue macrophages

Liver Lung Gut Skin Kidney

Phenotype and Localization Kupffer cell
-In the liver sinusoid
-F4/80hiCD11bloCD169+
CD68+Mac-2+
Alveolar MØ
-Alveolar airspace
-F4/80+CD11bloCD169+
CD11chiCD68+SiglecF+
MARCO+Mac-2+
Lamina propria MØ
-Intestinal lamina propria
-MHCII+F4/80+CD11b+
CD11c+CD103CD115+
CX3CR1+CD172a+
Dermal MØ
-F4/80+CD11b+CD11clo
mMGL+CD206+MHCIIlo

In deep dermis,
MØ can express CD169+
Kidney MØ
-F4/80+CD11bloCD103
CX3CR1+CD172a+
Interstitial MØ
-Alveolar interstitium
-CD11cF4/80+CD68+
MHCII+
Serosal DC or MØ
-Intestinal muscular layer
and serosa
-MHCIIhiF4/80+CD11b+
CD169+CD11cloCX3CR1+
CD103CD115+

References Flotte et al., 1983
Kinoshita et al., 2010
Crocker and Gordon, 1989
Flotte et al., 1983
Tateno et al., 2007
Ducreux et al., 2009
Palecanda et al., 1999
Bedoret et al., 2009
Lagranderie et al., 2003
Bogunovic et al., 2009
Flores-Langarica et al., 2005
Dupasquier et al., 2004
Dupasquier et al., 2006
Our unpublished data