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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Stem Cells. 2007 Jan 4;25(4):961–973. doi: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0352

Table 3.

48 genes overexpressed in hESCs compared to differentiated cell types in at least 10 studies

Abbreviation Name Chr.£ Unigene Nb of studies Ratio Und/Dif Signal§
POU5F1 POU domain, class 5, transcription factor 1 6p21.31 Hs.249184 20 56.4
TDGF1 Teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor 1 3p21.31 Hs.385870 17 55.0
DPPA4 Developmental pluripotency associated 4 3q13.13 Hs.317659 16 30.1
LIN28 Lin-28 homolog (C. elegans) 1p36.11 Hs.86154 16 24.8
NANOG Nanog homeobox 12p13.31 Hs.329296 15 88.9
DNMT3B DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 beta 20q11.2 Hs.251673 15 27.8
TERF1 Telomeric repeat binding factor (NIMA-interacting) 1 8q13 Hs.442707 15 18.9
SEMA6A Semaphorin 6A 5q23.1 Hs.156967 15 12.3
M6PR Mannose-6-phosphate receptor (cation dependent) 12p13 Hs.134084 15 10.6
SNRPN Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N 15q11.2 Hs.525700 15 7.3
FLJ10884 Hypothetical protein FLJ10884 1p31.3 Hs.562195 14 260.7
LEFTY1 Left-right determination factor 1 1q42.1 Hs.278239 14 34.1
GAL Galanin 11q13.2 Hs.278959 14 21.4
SEPHS1 Selenophosphate synthetase 1 10p14 Hs.124027 14 6.3
GABRB3 Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta 3 15q11.2-q1 Hs.302352 13 15.3
SOX2 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2 3q26.3-q27 Hs.518438 13 15.3
LECT1 Leukocyte cell derived chemotaxin 1 13q14-q21 Hs.421391 12 37.2
LOC90806 Similar to RIKEN cDNA 2610307I21 1q32.3 Hs.157078 12 14.6
BUB1 BUB1 budding uninhibited by benzimidazoles 1 homolog 2q14 Hs.469649 12 11.2
PSIP1 PC4 and SFRS1 interacting protein 1 9p22.3 Hs.493516 12 5.4
INDO Indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3 dioxygenase 8p12-p11 Hs.840 11 34.4
HELLS Helicase, lymphoid-specific 10q24.2 Hs.546260 11 19.3
GPC4 Glypican 4 Xq26.1 Hs.58367 11 15.4
ITGB1BP3 Integrin beta 1 binding protein 3 19p13.3 Hs.135458 11 15.3
CYP26A1 Cytochrome P450, family 26, subfamily A, polypeptide 1 10q23-q24 Hs.150595 11 14.2
MCM5 MCM5 minichromosome maintenance deficient 5 22q13.1 Hs.517582 11 11.9
MTHFD1 Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 14q24 Hs.435974 11 8.7
PPAT Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase 4q12 Hs.331420 11 8.3
SLC16A1 AKR7 family pseudogene 1p12 Hs.75231 11 7.8
NASP Nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein (histone-binding) 1p34.1 Hs.319334 11 7.4
DLG7 Discs, large homolog 7 (Drosophila) 14q22.3 Hs.77695 11 6.7
UGP2 UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2 2p14-p13 Hs.516217 11 6.1
MSH2 MutS homolog 2, colon cancer, nonpolyposis type 1 2p22-p21 Hs.156519 11 3.4
ZIC3 Zic family member 3 heterotaxy 1 Xq26.2 Hs.111227 10 30.7
PIM2 Pim-2 oncogene Xp11.23 Hs.496096 10 18.5
HRASLS3 HRAS-like suppressor 3 11q12.3-q1 Hs.502775 10 16.8
ALPL Alkaline phosphatase, liver/bone/kidney 1p36.1-p34 Hs.75431 10 15.0
AASS Aminoadipate-semialdehyde synthase 7q31.3 Hs.433075 10 13.8
MGST1 Microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1 12p12.3-p1 Hs.389700 10 10.9
GDF3 Growth differentiation factor 3 2p13.1 Hs.86232 10 9.5
HSPA4 Heat shock 70kDa protein 4 5q31.1-q31 Hs.90093 10 9.2
PHF17 PHD finger protein 17 4q26-q27 Hs.12420 10 9.2
UNG Uracil-DNA glycosylase 12q23-q24. Hs.191334 10 6.7
USP9X Ubiquitin specific peptidase 9, X-linked Xp11.4 Hs.77578 10 5.7
CEBPZ CCAAT/enhancer binding protein zeta 2p22.2 Hs.135406 10 5.4
CRMP1 Collapsin response mediator protein 1 4p16.1-p15 Hs.135270 10 5.3
BMPR1A Bone morphogenetic protein receptor, type IA 10q22.3 Hs.524477 10 5.1
ORC1L Origin recognition complex, subunit 1-like (yeast) 1p32 Hs.17908 10 3.9
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Chromosomal location.

§

Ratio of mean expression in hESC samples to mean expression in non-hESC samples.