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Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Ther. 2016 Sep 2;171:65–74. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2016.09.005

Table 1.

Markers used for the positive identification of pericytes in skeletal muscle and heart.

Marker Also known as References (skeletal muscle) References (heart)
CD10 Neural endopeptidase 1 1
CD13 Alanine aminopeptidase 1 1
CD29 Integrin beta 1 2
CD34 3
CD44 Receptor for hyaluronic acid 1,2,3 1,4
CD73 5′nucleotidase, ecto 1,2,3 1,4
CD90 Thy-1 1,2,3 1,4
CD105 Endoglin 1,2,3 1,4
CD108 Sema L 1 1,4
CD109 Platelet activation factor 1 1
CD140b Platelet-derived growth factor beta (PDGFRβ) 1,2,4 1,4
CD140a Platelet-derived growth factor beta (PDGFRα) 5
CD146 Melanoma cell adhesion molecule 1,2,3,4 1,4
CD164 Sialomucin core protein 24 1 1
CD166 ALCAM 1 1
CD318 CUB domain-containing protein 1 1 1
CD340 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 1 1
CD349 Frizzled-9 1 1
NG2 Neurol/glial antigen 2 1,2,4 1,4
SM-MHC Smooth muscle myosin heavy chain 4
SSEA-4 Stage-specific embryonic antigen-4 1 1
STRO-1 5 5
HLA-CLI Human leukocyte antigen class 1 1 1
α-SMA Alpha smooth muscle actin 1,4 1,4

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4

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4

Chen, W. C. W. et al. Human myocardial pericytes: multipotent mesodermal precursors exhibiting cardiac specificity. STEM CELLS 33, 557–573 (2015).

5

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