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. 2015 Sep 28;24:170–179. doi: 10.1007/s40629-015-0065-1

Tab. 1.

Surface markers of Langerhans cells (LCs) and dermal dendritic cells (dDCs)

Occupation Murine surface markers Human surface markers
LCs 2–4 % of epidermal cells CD45+, MHC class II+, CD11c+, T/B/NK cell markers, CD11b+, CD205+, Langerin/CD207+, E-cadherin+, EpCAM+, Birbeck granule+ CD45+, MHC class II+, CD11c+, T/B/NK cell markers E-cadherin+, EpCAM+, Langerin/CD207+, Birbeck granule+, CD1a+
Monocyte derived dDCs no data CD64low/+,CCR2+ CD14+
CD11b + cDCs 50–70 % of dDC pool CD11b+, CD301b+, CCR2+, CD172a+, CX3CR1mid CD1c+
XCR1 + cDCs 10–20 % of dDC pool XCR1+, Langerin/CD207+, CD205+, CD11b, CD301b, CD172a, CX3CR1
CD103+
CD103
XCR1+, CD141+
DN cDCs no data CD11blow, CX3CR1hi, CCR2+, CD172a+ no data