Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Stem Cells. Oct 26, 2015; 7(9): 1150-1184
Published online Oct 26, 2015. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v7.i9.1150
Table 1 Biomarkers of pluripotency in mouse and human embryonic stem cells
BiomarkerRole in mESCRole in hESC
Oct4Pluripotency[200]Pluripotency[4]
Sox2Pluripotency[215]Pluripotency[4]
NanogPluripotency[227]Pluripotency[4]
Klf4Pluripotency[253,255]Pluripotency[253]
c-MycPluripotency[190]Pluripotency[190]
SSEA1/CD15Pluripotency[18,19]Not expressed
SSEA 3, 4Not expressedPluripotency[20,22]
TRA-1-68Not expressedPluripotency[24]
TRA-1-81Not expressedPluripotency[24]
Cripto-1Pluripotency[28,474]Pluripotency[28,474]