Table 1. Specific cell surface marker sets for different cell types in adipose tissue.

Cell types	Markers	Fat depots
White adipocytes	ASC-1	S/VAT, S/VAT*	[20]
	Prohibitin/annexin 2 complex	S/VAT	[33]
Brown adipocytes	P2RX5	BAT, CS/LC*	[20]
	PAT2	BAT, CS/LC*	[20]
Adipocyte progenitor cells	Lin(−):Ter119(−)CD29(+):CD34(+):Sca-1(+):CD24(+)	S/VAT	[24]
		iBAT	[26]
	PDGFRα(+):Lin(−):CD29(+):CD34(+):Sca-1(+):CD24(+)	SAT	[25]
	PDGFRα(+):CD34(+):Sca-1(+):CD24(−):PDGFRβ(−)	VAT	[27]
	Lin(−):CD34(+):CD38(+)	S/VAT, iBAT	[29]
	Zfp423(+):CD45(−):CD29(+)Sca-1(+):CD24(−)	SAT	[30]
	Zfp423(+):CD45(−):CD29(+)Sca-1(−):CD24(+/−)	VAT
	PDGFRα(+):PDGFRβ(−)	SAT	[31]
	PDGFRα(+):PDGFRβ(−), PDGFRα(−):PDGFRβ(−)	VAT
	Lin(−):Gp38(+):PDGFRα(+):CD9(low)	VAT	[34]
	Lin(−):CD34(+):CD44(+):PDGFRα(+):CD9(low)	VAT*
	Lin(−):Ly6c(−):CD9(−):PDGFRβ(+)	VAT	[35]
	Lin(−):Ter119(−):Sca-1(+):CD55(high)	VAT	[36]
	Lin(−):Ter119(−):Sca-1(+):CD29(+):CD34(+):CD142(−)	S/VAT, SAT*	[37]
	Lin(−):CD26/DPP4(+):CD142(−)	S/VAT, SAT*	[38]
	Lin(−):CD34(+):CD44(+):ΔDecorin(+)	WAT	[39]
Preadipocytes	PDGFRα(+):Lin(−):CD29(+):CD34(+):Sca-1(+):CD24(−)	SAT	[25]
	PDGFRα(+):PDGFRβ(−), PDGFRα(+):PDGFRβ(+)	SAT	[31]
	PDGFRα(+):PDGFRβ(−), PDGFRα(−):PDGFRβ(+)	VAT
	Lin(−):PDGFRβ (+):Zfp423(+)	S/VAT	[32]
	Lin(−):Ter119(−):Sca-1(+):CD55(low)	VAT	[36]
	Lin(−):CD54/ICAM1(+):CD142(−)	S/VAT, iBAT	[38]
Endothelial cells	Prohibitin	S/VAT, WAT*	[40]

SAT, subcutaneous white adipose tissue; VAT, visceral white adipose tissue; iBAT, interscapular brown adipose tissue; CS, carotid sheath; LC, longus colli; Lin, CD45 and CD31; *, Human samples; WAT, white adipose tissue.