Table 1

Characterisation of monoclonal antibodies used for staining of lymphocytes (L) and monocytes/macrophages (M). FITC conjugated monoclonal antibodies unless otherwise stated

Monoclonal antibody specificity	Alternative nomenclature	Major function/ marker of	Clone	Used for staining of
CD11a	LFA-1	Adhesion	MHM24^1-1	L+M
CD11b^1-150	Mac-1, CR3	Adhesion	2LPM19c^1-1	M
CD11c	p150,95, CR4	Adhesion	KB90^1-1	M
CD14	LPS receptor	Monocyte marker	TÜK4^1-1	M
CD16	FcγRIII	Subset marker	3G8³	M
CD26	Ta-1	Activation	4EL-1C7³	L
CD28		Co-stimulation	CD28.2⁴	L
CD50	ICAM-3	Adhesion	101-1D2²	L
CD54	ICAM-1	Adhesion	B-C14²	L+M
CD57		Subset marker	HNK-1⁶	L
CD69		Activation	L78⁶	L
CD71	Transferrin receptor	Activation	Ber-T9^1-1	L+M
CD80	B7-1	Co-stimulation	BB-1²	L+M
CD86	B7-2	Co-stimulation	BU63²	L+M
CD95	Fas	Apoptosis	DX2⁵	L
CTLA-4^1-151		Inhibition	BNA3.1⁵	L
gp240^1-151		Activation	B1.19.2⁴	L
HLA class II	HLA-DP, -DQ, -DR	Activation	CR3/43^1-1	M

↵1-1 Dako AS, Glostrup, Denmark; ²Serotec, Oxford, UK; ³Coulter, Hialeah, Florida, USA;⁴Immunotech, Luminy, France; ⁵Pharmingen, La Jolla, California, USA; ⁶Becton Dickinson, San Jose, California, USA.
↵1-150 Phycoerythrin-conjugated antibody.
↵1-151 Unconjugated antibody.