. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Hematol. 2017 May;24(3):159–166. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000328

Table 1.

Current gating strategies used to identify MEP, BFU-E and CFU-E by flow cytometry.

Progenitor population	Species	Cell surface markers	Citation
Megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor (MEP)
	Mouse	Lin⁻ flk2⁻ IL7Rα⁻ c-kit⁺ FcgRII/III⁻ CD34⁻ CD105^+/− CD150^+/−	(13)
	Human	CD34⁺ CD38⁺ CD7⁺ CD10⁻ FLT3⁻ CD45RA⁻ MPL^+/− (BAH1 clone) CD71^+/−	(10)
	Human	Lin⁻ CD34⁺ CD38⁺ IL-3R⁻ CD45RA⁻ CD71^+/− CD105^+/−	(8)
	Human	Lin⁻ CD34⁺ CD38^mid CD45RA⁻ FLT3⁻ MPL⁺ CD36⁻ CD41⁻	(14)
	Human	Lin⁻ CD34⁺ CD38⁺ IL-3R⁻ CD45RA⁻ CD71 CD41	(9)
Burst forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E)
	Mouse	c-kit⁺ CD45⁺ Ter119⁻ CD71^low	(15)
	Mouse (stress)	CD34⁻ CD133⁻ c-kit⁺ Sca-1⁺	(19)
	Human	IL-3R⁻ GPA⁻ CD34⁺ CD36⁻	(17)
	Human	CD34⁺ CD123⁻ CD71^low TβRIII^low/hi	(18)
	Human (stress)	CD34⁻ CD133⁻ c-kit⁺ (19)
Colony forming unit-erythroid (CFU-E)
	Mouse	c-kit⁺ CD45⁻ Ter119⁻ CD71^hi	(15)
	Mouse	Lin⁻ c-kit⁺ Sca-1⁻ IL-7Rα⁻ IL3Rα⁻ CD41⁻ CD71⁺	(16)
	Human	IL-3R⁻ GPA⁻ CD34⁻ CD36⁺	(17)