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. 2020 Oct 5;8(2):e001204. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001204

Table 2.

Human DC and macrophage subsets and surface markers in different tissues

Tissue DCs Macrophages References
Lung cDC1: HLA-DR+, CD11c+, CADM1+, CD26+, CLA+, CD226+, CD49dmed, BDCA3+
cDC2/moDC: HLA-DR+, CD11c+, CLA+, CD49dhi, CD2med, BDCA1+, CD11b+, SIRPα+, CD1a+
pDC: HLA-DR+, CD49d+, CLA+, CD123+
Alveolar macrophage: SSChi, HLA-DR+, CD206+, CD14lo, CD11c+, CD11b+, BDCA3+, CD64med, CD43+
Interstitial macrophage 1: HLA-DRlo, CD206+, CD36+
Interstitial macrophage 2: HLA-DR+, CD206+, CD36lo
19 165–167
Kidney cDC1: HLA-DR+, CD11c+, BDCA3+
cDC2/moDC: HLA-DR+, CD11clo, CD11b+, BDCA1+, DC-SIGN+
pDC: HLA-DR+, CD11b+, BDCA2+
Kidney macrophage 1: HLA-DR+, CD11b+, BDCA3+, DC-SIGN+
Kidney macrophage 2: CD14+, CD16med, CD68+, 25F9+
86
Pancreas cDC1: HLA-DR+, FLT3+, BDCA3+
cDC2: HLA-DR+, FLT3+, BDCA1+
pDC: BDCA-2+, CD123+
Pancreas TAM: HLA-DRmed/hi, CD163+, CD68+, CD206+, CD14+, CSF1R+ 137 141 161 168
Liver cDC1: HLA-DR+, CD14lo, CD16lo, CD11cmed, BDCA3+, CLEC9A+
cDC2: HLA-DR+, CD14lo, CD16lo, CD11chi, BDCA1+
pDC: HLA-DR+, CD14lo, CD16lo, CD11clo, CD123+
Kupffer cell: HLA-DR+, CD68+, CD16+, CD14med, CX3CR1+, CD163+, CD206med 165 169–171
Ovary/
ascites
Myeloid DC/moDC: HLA-DR+, BDCA1+
pDC: HLA-DR+, CD4+, CD123+, BDCA2+
Peritoneal monocyte/macrophage: (1) HLA-DR+, CD14hi, CD16-; (2) HLA-DR+, CD14hi, CD16+; (3) HLA-DR+, CD14hi, CD16hi 117 118 172 173
Breast cDC1: HLA-DR+, CD11c+, BDCA3hi, CLEC9A+, XCR1+, BTLA+
cDC2: HLA-DR+, CD11c+, CD11b+, BDCA1+, BDCA3-/lo, SIRPα+
pDC: HLA-DR+, CD123+, CD11b+, SIRPα+,
BTLA-/lo
Breast TAM1: HLA-DR+, CSFR1+, CD68+, CD163+
Breast TAM2: HLA-DR+, CSFR1+, CD68+, CD163+, SIGLEC1+
Breast TAM3: HLA-DR+, CSFR1+, CD68+, SIGLEC1+
98 174

cDC, conventional dendritic cell; moDC, monocyte-derived dendritic cell; pDC, plasmacytoid dendritic cell; TAM, tumor-associated macrophage.