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Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2020 Aug 26;588(7837):315–320. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2700-3

Extended Data Table 7.

Definitions of each cell subset in flow cytometry with specific markers.

Cell population Definition by markers

Flow cytometry staining panels Live singlet gate PBMC/Single Cells/Single Cells/Live...
1: PBMC cell composition staining B cells .../CD19+CD3-
T cells .../CD19-CD3+
NKT cells .../CD19-CD3+/CD3+CD56+
NK cells .../CD19-CD3-/CD56+CD66b-
Classical Monocytes (cMono) .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14+CD16-
Intermediate Monocytes (intMono) .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14+CD16var
Non-Classical Monocytes (ncMono) .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14-CD16+
Plasmacytoid DCs (pDC) .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14-CD16-/CD304+
Macrophages .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14-CD16-/CD304-/CD11b+
DC1 .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14-CD16-/CD304-/CD141+HLA-DR+
DC2 .../CD19-CD3-/CD56-CD66b-/CD14-CD16-/CD304-/CD1c+HLA-DR+

2: T cell subsets staining (by surface markers) CD8 T cells .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-
Naïve CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD3+CD45RA+/CD127+CCR7+/CD3+PD1-
Temra CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD3+CD45RA+/CD127-CCR7-
Central Memory CD8T (CD8Tcm) .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD3+CD45RA-/CD127+CCR7+
Effector Memory CD8T (CD8Tem) .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD3+CD45RA-/CD127+CCR7-
Terminally Differentiated CD8T (PD-1+TIM-3+CD8) .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD3+CD45RA-/TIM3+PD1+
Follicular CD8T (FoIICD8) .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD3+CD45RA-/CXCR5+PD1+
TCR-activated CD8T (CD38+HLA-DR+CD8) .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CD38+HLA-DR+
CD4 T cells .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+
Naïve CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA+/CD127+CCR7+/CD3+PD1-
Temra CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA+/CD127-CCR7-
Resting Natural Regulatory CD4T (CD4rn Treg) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA+/CD127-CD25hi/CD3+HLA-DR-
Central Memory CD4T (CD4Tcm) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA-/CD127+CCR7+
Effector Memory CD4T (CD4Tem) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA-/CD127+CCR7-
Terminally Differentiated CD4T (PD-1+TIM-3+CD4) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA-/TIM3+PD1+
Effector Regulatory CD4T (CD4effTreg) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA-/CD127-CD25hiTreg/CD3+HLA-DR+
Natural Regulatory CD4T (CD4n Treg) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CD45RA-/CD127-CD25hiTreg/CD3+HLA-DR-
TCR-activated CD4T (CD38+HLA-DR+CD4) .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD38+HLA-DR+

3: Cytokine producing T cells staining (intracellular staining) Granzyme B-expressing CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/GranzymeB+
IFNy- expressing CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/IFNy+
TNFa-expressing CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/TNFa+
IL2- expressing CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/IL2+
IL6-expressing CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/IL6+
CXCR3-expressing CD8T .../CD3+/CD8+CD4-/CXCR3+
IFNy- expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/IFNy+
TNFa-expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/TNFa+
IL2- expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/IL2+
IL6-expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/IL6+
IL4-expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/IL4+
IL17-expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/IL17+
CXCR3-expressing CD4T .../CD3+/CD8-CD4+/CD3+CXCR3+