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. 2021 Mar 11;9(3):e002087. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002087

Table 1.

158 peripheral immune cell subsets analyzed by flow cytometry

1. Total CD4+ T cells 2. Total CD8+ T cells 4. Total B cells
PD-L1+ CD4 – activation/inhibition PD-L1+ CD8 – activation/inhibition PD-L1+ B cells – activation/inhibition
PD-1+ CD4 – activation/inhibition PD-1+ CD8 – activation/inhibition PD-1+ B cells- activation/inhibition
CTLA-4+ CD4 – inhibition CTLA-4+ CD8 – inhibition 5. Total NK
Tim-3+ CD4 – inhibition Tim-3+ CD8 – inhibition PD-L1+ NK – inhibition
41bb+ CD4 – costimulation 41bb+ CD8 – costimulation PD-1+ NK – activation/inhibition
Ki67+ CD4 – proliferation Ki67+ CD8 – proliferation Tim-3+ NK – activation/inhibition
CD73+ CD4 – exhausted/suppressive CD73+ CD8 – exhausted/suppressive Ki67+ NK – proliferation
ICOS+ CD4 – activation Naïve (CCR7+CD45RA+) CD8 NKp30+ NK – activation
 ICOS+ PD-L1+ CD4 – activation/inhibition Central memory (CCR7+CD45RA-) CD8 NKp46+ NK – activation
 ICOS+ PD-1+ CD4 – activation/inhibition  PD-L1+ CM CD8 – activation/inhibition NKG2D+ NK – activation
Naïve (CCR7+CD45RA+) CD4  PD-1+ CM CD8 – activation/inhibition CD226+ NK – adhesion/activation
Central memory (CCR7+ CD45RA-) CD4  CTLA-4+ CM CD8 – inhibition Mature (CD16+ CD56dim) NK – lytic
 PD-L1+ CM CD4 – activation/inhibition  Tim-3+ CM CD8 – inhibition  PD-L1+ mature NK – inhibition
 PD-1+ CM CD4 – activation/inhibition  41bb+ CM CD8 – costimulation  PD-1+ mature NK – activation/inhibition
 CTLA-4+ CM CD4 – inhibition  Ki67+ CM CD8 – proliferation  Tim-3+ mature NK – activation/inhibition
 Tim-3+ CM CD4 – inhibition  CD73+ CM CD8 – exhausted/suppressive  Ki67+ mature NK – proliferation
 41bb+ CM CD4 – costimulation Effector memory (CCR7- CD45RA-) CD8  NKp30+ mature NK – activation
 Ki67+ CM CD4 – proliferation  PD-L1+ EM CD8 – activation/inhibition  NKp46+ mature NK – activation
 CD73+ CM CD4 – exhausted/suppressive  PD-1+ EM CD8 - activation/inhibition  NKG2D+ mature NK – activation
Effector memory (CCR7- CD45RA-) CD4  CTLA-4+ EM CD8 – inhibition  CD226+ mature NK – adhesion/activation
 PD-L1+ EM CD4 – activation/inhibition  Tim-3+ EM CD8 – inhibition Functional intermediate (CD16+ CD56br) NK – lytic, cytokine production
 PD-1+ EM CD4 – activation/inhibition  41bb+ EM CD8 – costimulation  PD-L1+ functional intermediate NK – inhibition
 CTLA-4+ EM CD4 – inhibition  Ki67+ EM CD8 – proliferation  PD-1+ functional intermediate NK – activation/inhibition
 Tim-3+ EM CD4 – inhibition  CD73+ EM CD8 – exhausted/suppressive  Tim-3+ functional intermediate NK – activation/inhibition
 41bb+ EM CD4 – costimulation EMRA (CCR7-CD45RA+) CD8  Ki67+ functional intermediate NK – proliferation
 Ki67+ EM CD4 – proliferation  PD-L1+ EMRA CD8 – activation/inhibition  NKp30+ functional intermediate NK – activation
 CD73+ EM CD4 – exhausted/suppressive  PD-1+ EMRA CD8 – activation/inhibition  NKp46+ functional intermediate NK – activation
EMRA (CCR7-CD45RA+) CD4  CTLA-4+ EMRA CD8 – inhibition  NKG2D+ functional intermediate NK – activation
 PD-L1+ EMRA CD4 – activation/inhibition  Tim-3+ EMRA CD8 – inhibition  CD226+ functional intermediate NK – adhesion/activation
 PD-1+ EMRA CD4 – activation/inhibition  41bb+ EMRA CD8 – costimulation Immature (CD16- CD56br) NK – cytokine production
 CTLA-4+ EMRA CD4 – inhibition  Ki67+ EMRA CD8 – proliferation  PD-L1+ immature NK – inhibition
 Tim-3+ EMRA CD4 – inhibition  CD73+ EMRA CD8 – exhausted/suppressive  PD-1+ immature NK – activation/inhibition
 41bb+ EMRA CD4 – costimulation 3. Total Tregs  Tim-3+ immature NK – activation/inhibition
 Ki67+ EMRA CD4 – proliferation PD-L1+ Tregs – activation/inhibition  Ki67+ immature NK – proliferation
 CD73+ EMRA CD4 – exhausted/suppressive PD-1+ Tregs – suppression  NKp30+ immature NK – activation
CTLA-4+ Tregs – suppression  NKp46+ immature NK – activation
ICOS+ Tregs – suppression  NKG2D+ immature NK – activation
CD45RA+ Tregs – highly expandable in vitro  CD226+ immature NK – adhesion/activation
CD49d- Tregs – suppression  Unconventional (CD16- CD56dim) NK – non-lytic, non-cytokine production
Ki67+ Tregs – proliferation
CD38+ Tregs – suppression
HLA-DR+ Tregs – suppression
6. Total NK-T 9. Total MDSC 10. Total Monocytes
PD-L1+ NK-T – inhibition PD-L1+ MDSC – inhibition PD-L1+ monocytes – inhibition
PD-1+ NK-T – activation/inhibition PD-1+ MDSC – activation/inhibition PD-1+ monocytes – activation/inhibition
Tim-3+ NK-T – inhibition CD16+ MDSC – immature/suppression Classical monocytes – phagocytic
Ki67+ NK-T – proliferation Monocytic (CD14+ CD15-) MDSC  PD-L1+ classical monocytes – inhibition
7. Total cDC  PD-L1+ mMDSC – inhibition  PD-1+ classical monocytes- activation/inhibition
PD-L1+ cDC – inhibition  PD-1+ mMDSC – activation/inhibition Intermediate monocytes phagocytic/proinflammatory
PD-1+ cDC – activation/inhibition  CD16+ mMDSC – immature/suppression  PD-L1+ intermediate monocytes – inhibition
Tim-3+ cDC – inhibition Granulocytic (CD14- CD15+) MDSC  PD-1+ intermediate monocytes- activation/inhibition
Ki67+ cDC – proliferation  PD-L1+ gMDSC – inhibition Non-classical monocytes – proinflammatory
8. Total pDC  PD-1+ gMDSC – activation/inhibition  PD-L1+ non-classical monocytes – inhibition
PD-L1+ pDC – inhibition  CD16+ gMDSC – immature/suppression  PD-1+ non-classical monocytes- activation/inhibition
PD-1+ pDC – activation/inhibition
Tim-3+ pDC – inhibition
Ki67+ pDC – proliferation

Ten parental phenotypes are identified as well as refined subsets of each relating to maturation and function. Expected function based on expression of specific markers within each subset is indicated.

cDC, conventional dendritic cells; CM, central memory; CTLA-4, cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein-4; EM, effector memory; EMRA, terminally differentiated effector memory; gMDSCs, granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells; ICOS, inducible T-cell costimulator; mMDSCs, monocytic MDSCs; NK, natural killer; PD-1, programmed cell death-1; pDC, plasmacytoid DC; PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand-1; Tim-3, T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-3; Tregs, regulatory T cells.