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Table 2.

Cells and cell subsets as evaluated by flow cytometry

	Abbreviation of subgroups	Surface marker	Referred to	Abbreviation	Ref.
Blast cells
Blasts	BLA	BLA⁺ (CD15⁺, CD34⁺, CD65⁺, CD117⁺)	WB or MNC	BLA/WB or/MNC	[17]
Proliferating blasts	BLA_prol	BLA⁺DC⁻CD71⁺	BLA	BLA_prol/BLA	[39]

Dendritic cells
Dendritic cells	DC	DC⁺ (CD80⁺, CD206⁺)	WB or MNC	DC/WB	[17]
Leukaemia-derived DC	DC_leu	DC⁺BLA⁺	WB or MNC	DC_leu/WB or /MNC	[17]
			DC	DC_leu/DC
			BLA	DC_leu/BLA
Mature DC	DC_mat	DC⁺CCR7⁺	WB or MNC	DC_mat/WB or /MNC	[18]
			DC	DC_mat/DC
Mature DC_leu	DC_mat-leu	DC⁺BLA⁺CCR7⁺	WB or MNC	DC_leu-mat/WB or /MNC
			DCleu	DC_leu-mat/DC_leu
			DCmat	DC_leu-mat/DC_mat

Monocytoid cells
CD14⁺ monocytes	monocytesCD14+	CD14⁺	WB	monocytesCD14+/WB	[18]

T cells
CD3⁺ pan T cells	TCD3+	CD3⁺	WB or MNC	TCD3+/WB or MNC	[75]
CD4⁺-coexpressing T cells	TCD4+	CD3⁺CD4⁺	CD3⁺	TCD4+/CD3⁺	[75]
CD8⁺-coexpressing T cells	TCD8+	CD3⁺CD8⁺	CD3⁺	TCD8+/CD3⁺	[75]
Naive T cells	T_naive	CD3⁺CD45RO⁻	CD3⁺	T_naive/CD3⁺	[41]
Non-naive T cells	T_non-naive	CD3⁺CD45RO⁺	CD3⁺	_{Tnon-naive/CD3} ⁺	[41]
Central (memory) T cells	T_cm	CD3⁺CD45RO⁺CCR7⁺	CD3⁺	T_cm/CD3⁺	[41]
Effector (memory) T cells	T_em	CD3⁺CD45RO⁺CCR7⁻	CD3⁺	T_em/CD3⁺	[41]
Proliferating T cells − early	T_prol-early	CD3⁺CD69⁺	CD3⁺	T_prol-early/CD3⁺	[75]
Proliferating T cells − late	T_prol-late	CD3⁺CD71⁺	CD3⁺	T_prol-late/CD3⁺	[75]

B cells
CD19⁺ B cells	BCD19+	CD19+	WB or MNC	BCD19+/WB or /MNC	[20]

CIK cells
CD3⁺CD56⁺ CIK cells	CIKCD56+	CD3⁺CD56⁺	WB or MNC	CIKCD56+/WB or /MNC	[20]
CD3⁺CD161⁺ CIK cells	CIKCD161+	CD3⁺CD161⁺	WB or MNC	CikCD161+/WB or /MNC

NK cells
CD3⁻CD56⁺ NK cells	NKCD56+	CD3⁻CD56⁺	WB or MNC	NKCD56+/WB or /MNC	[20]
CD3⁻CD161⁺ NK cells	NKCD161+	CD3⁻CD161⁺	WB or MNC	NKCD161+/WB or /MNC

iNKT cells
6B11⁺ iNKT cells	iNKT	6B11⁺	WB or MNC	iNKT/WB or /MNC	[20]

IFNy-secreting cells
IFNy-secreting CD3⁺ pan T cells		CD3⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁺	TCD3+IFNy⁺/TCD3+
IFNy-secreting CD4⁺-coexpressing T cells		CD3⁺CD4⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁺CD4⁺	TCD4+IFNy⁺/TCD4+
IFNy-secreting CD8⁺-coexpressing T cells		CD3⁺CD8⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁺CD8⁺	TCD8+IFNy⁺/TCD8+
IFNy-secreting CD3⁺CD56⁺ CIK cells		CD3⁺CD56⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁺CD56⁺	CIKCD56+IFNy⁺/CIKCD56+
IFNy-secreting CD3⁺CD161⁺ CIK cells		CD3⁺CD161⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁺CD161⁺	CIKCD161+IFNy⁺/CIKCD161+
IFNy-secreting CD3⁻CD56⁺ NK cells		CD3⁻CD56⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁻CD56⁺	NKCD56+IFNy⁺/NKCD56+
IFNy-secreting CD3⁻CD161⁺ NK cells		CD3⁻CD161⁺IFNy⁺	CD3⁻CD161⁺	NκCD161+lFNy⁺/NKCD161+
IFNy-secreting 6B11⁺ iNKT cells		6B11⁺IFNy⁺	6B11⁺	iNKT⁺IFNy⁺/iNKT⁺

Surface marker combinations for flow cytometric staining and analysis.