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. 2019 Aug;61(2):150–161. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0191ST

Table 1.

Lymphocytes

Population Murine Markers Human Markers References
CD4+ T cell Low SSC, CD3ε+ or TCRαβ or γδ+, CD4+  
CD8+ T cell Low SSC, CD3ε+ or TCRαβ or γδ+, CD8+  
CD4+ Treg cell CD4+ T cell expressing Foxp3-transgenic fluorochrome, CD25hi CD4+ T cell, CD127lo, CD25hi; intra-nuclear staining for FOXP3 10, 53, 54
Effector T cell CD4+ or CD8+ T cell, CD62LloCD44hi, CD69hi See below 55, 56
Naive T cell CD4+ or CD8+ T cell, CD62LhiCD44lo, CD69lo CD4+ or CD8+ T cell, CCR7hiCD45RAhi 5560
Effector-memory T cell CCR7loCD45RAlo  
Central-memory T cell CCR7hiCD45RAlo  
T helper subset Generally defined by transcription factor and cytokine staining (see text for examples)  
CD4+ tissue-resident memory T cells CD4+ T cell, CD11a+CD69+ 6164
CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells CD8+ T cell, CD103+CD69+  

Definition of abbreviations: SSC = side scatter; Treg = regulatory T.