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. 2017 Mar;9(Suppl 1):S36–S51. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.122

Table 2. Cardiac cellular composition.

Ref. CMs Non-myocyte cells Species Dev. stage Method Heart location
CFs ECs SMCs Other cells
(68) 62% (αMHC) 10% (Ddr2) n.d. n.d. n.d. Mouse P1 FACS Whole heart
(68) 63% (αMHC) 18% (Ddr2) n.d. n.d. n.d. Mouse P15 FACS Whole heart
(68) 56% (αMHC) 27% (Ddr2) 7% (CD31) 10% (α-SMA) n.d. Mouse Adult FACS Whole heart
(68) 52% (αMHC) 37% (Ddr2) 11% non-CM/non-CF population Mouse Adult Mouse Adult
(68) 51% (αMHC) 37% (Ddr2) 12% non-CM/non-CF population Mouse Adult Mouse Adult
(7) 31%±4% (WGA) n.d. 44%±4% (IB4) n.d. 5%±1.5% leucocytes (Lin1 cocktail) Mouse Adult IHC Ventricles + interventricular septum
(7) 32%±5% (ACTN2) 13%±2.5% (Pdgfrα-GFP); 13%±3.6% (Col1a1-GFP) 55%±6% (IB4); 52%±3.9% (DACH1) 6%±1.1% (Pdgfrβ) (SMCs and pericytes) 8.5%±1.5% leukocytes (Lin1 cocktail) Mouse (transgenic: Pdgfrα-GFP or Col1a1-GFP) Adult IHC Left ventricle
(68) 62% (αMHC) 30% (DDR2) n.d. n.d. n.d. Rat P1 FACS Whole heart
(68) 30% (αMHC) 64% (DDR2) n.d. n.d. n.d. Rat P15 FACS Whole heart
(66) 30–35% 65–70% (ECs, CFs, pericytes, SMCs, Macrophages) Rat
(6) 18%±3% (PCM-1) 58% mesenchymal cells (non-PCM-1, non UEA-I), (CFs, SMCs, pericytes) 24%±5% (UEA-I) see CFs Human Adult IHC
(6) 33%±15% (PCM-1) 43%±10% mesenchymal cells (non-PCM-1, non UEA-I), (CFs, SMCs, pericytes) 24%±9.5% (UEA-I) see CFs Human Adult FACS
(7) 31%±5.6% (ACTN2) n.d. 54%±6.4% (CD31); 51%±2.9% (DACH1) n.d. 3%±1.2% leukocytes (CD45) Human Adult IHC Ventricles + interventricular septum

Ref., reference; CMs, cardiomyocytes; CFs, cardiac fibroblasts; ECs, endothelial cells; SMCs, smooth muscle cells; dev. stage, developmental stage; GFP, green fluorescent protein; P1, postnatal day 1; P15, postnatal day 15; n.d., not determined; IHC, immunohistochemical analyses; FACS, flow cytometric analysis; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.