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Table 1 Antibody characteristics and antigen expression

From: Evaluation of immune cell markers in tumor tissue treated with radioimmunotherapy in an immunocompetent rat colon carcinoma model

Antigen

Clone (supplier)

Dilution

Antigen expression on tumor-infiltrating cells

CD2

OX-35 (AbD Serotec)

1:800

T-cells, B-cells, NK cells

CD3

Polyclonal (18–0102, Invitrogen)

1:200

T-cells

CD8α

OX-8 (AbD Serotec)

1:200

Cytotoxic T-cell, NK cells, DC subset

CD68

ED-1 (AbD Serotec)

1:200

All macrophages, neutrophils, DC, myeloid progenitors (e.g. myeloid-derived suppressor cell)

CD163

ED-2 (LSBio, LifeSpan BioSciences)

1:200

Pro-tumor macrophages (M2) [26, 27]