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  • I'm in the process of completely revamping this list, which I have found very useful in the past, by adding all the missing entries.
  • Index now should have no gaps. Only 100-200 still to go for links and descriptions.
  • I'm using hcdm.org as the ultimate authority for the structure
  • I then crosscheck with uniprot dot org and use the recommended protein name, often add abbreviated form, followed by "encoded by" and gene name.
  • then link and maybe add a little information from the corresponding Wikipedia page where it exists.
  • I'm now linking to the CD name which forwards to the gene page, rather than linking directly to the gene page, in case there are further changes.
  • I'm adding one asterisk to indicate a group name eg CD1* , which has now been subdivided into CD1a, CD1b etc.
  • I'm adding 2 asterisks to indicate a CD number doesn't exist, even as a subunit, as far as I can see, on hcdm dot org eg CD12w**
  • CD32A and B are interesting in this respect
  • I have deleted CD202a - It looks wrong to me. There is no entry for 202a on hcdm.org or uniprot.org and TIE2 is the name for CD202b
  • CD232 needs a Wikipedia page
  • CD245 appears not to have any info associated with it
  • CD296 - on hcdm.org is referred to as both ART1 and ART2. I don't understand this, so have stuck to "ART1 gene"

GW Bio (talk) 07:05, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Just a personal note- This should be an important list. It contains important information, and as far as I know, no complete list exists for all the clusters of differentiation used. A set is known within each field, but Wikipedia is here to aggregate and organize data. Added 2 I found referenced in a paper. Obviously someone knows what they are, but I cant find the answer. CD165 and CD107a— Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.93.208.16 (talk)



CD stands for cluster of differentiation, which indicates a
defined subset of cellular surface receptors (epitopes) that
identify cell type and stage of differentiation, and which are
recognized by antibodies.

I have added CD155. I agree that this is an important list. I think the names of these articles make them difficult to locate. In Manual_of_Style#Article_titles it states, "A title should be recognizable (as a name for or description of the topic), natural, sufficiently precise, concise, and consistent with the titles of related articles." None of these articles are recognizable or natural. I think the titles are too concise. They are consistent with related articles however. I propose that all of these articles be renamed so they are recognizable and natural.

  • ALT1: It would be appropriate to rename article "CDNNN" to "Cellular protein cluster of differentiation CDNNN"
  • ALT2: rename article "CDNNN" to "Cellular surface receptor CDNNN"
  • ALT3: rename article "CDNNN" to "Biological antibody receptor CDNNN"
  • ALT4: rename article "CDNNN" to "Cell differentiation molecule CDNNN"


Comments on the proposed rename are warranted. -Kyle(talk) 23:55, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Current favorite is: ALT4: rename article "CDNNN" to "Cell differentiation molecule CDNNN"

Comments are requested. -Kyle(talk) 07:33, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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