Phenotypic analysis of human natural killer cells

Cytometry PART A, Volume 81A, Issue 6, 447-449 (2012)
Micheal A. Eller, Jeffrey R. Currier

Description: This panel was developed to characterize the phenotype of human natural killer (NK) cells from cryopreserved peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from ACD or EDTA anticoagulated whole blood or apheresis units. The application of this panel was to identify changes in NK cell subsets with regard to receptor expression, maturation, homing potential, and activation in the setting of primary HIV-1 natural infection. However, this panel may be applied to a wide variety of disease and normal conditions to characterize NK cells in humans. The performance of this panel was tested on fresh and frozen PBMC as well as using a whole blood lyse no wash procedure.

Species: Human

Tissue: Peripheral blood

Cell Subset: Nk, Nkt

Keyword: Cryopreserved pbmc, Hiv

Machine: LSR II

Panel details

Marker Species Clone Fluorophore Purpose Co-expressions groups Antigen Density
CD16 Human 3G8 Pacific Blue NK subset NK Medium
Integrin alpha 4 beta 7 Human ACT-1 Qdot 655 Homing NK, NKT Low
CD62L Human DREG56 Qdot 605 Homing NKT Medium
CD57 Human hCD57 APC Differentiation NK, NKT High
Dead cells Human Live/Dead Fix Aqua Viability
CD4 Human SFCI12T4D11 ECD Exclusion High
CD14 Human Tuk4 PE-Cy5 Exclusion High
CD19 Human SJ25-C1 PE-Cy5 Exclusion Low
CD56 Human NCAM16.2 PE-Cy7 NK subset NK, NKT Low
CD158 Human HP-MA4 PerCP-Cy5.5 KIR receptor NK, NKT Medium
CD158b1/b2,j Human DX27 PE KIR receptor NK, NKT Low
HLA DR Human G46-6 FITC Activation NK High
CD8a Human SK1 APC-H7 NK subset NKT High
CD3 Human S4.1 PE-Texas Red Exclusion NK, NKT High
CD158e Human DX9 Alexa Fluor 700 KIR receptor NK, NKT Low