Table 2.

Glycolipids expressed in stem cells

Stem cells	Species	Glycolipid	Reference
Embryonic stem cell	Mouse	GM3	[13]
		GM1	[13, 14]
		GD1a	[13]
		Lactosylceramide	[13]
		Ceramide trihexoside	[13]
		Globoside	[13]
		Forssman antigen	[13]
		SSEA-1	[17, 18]
	Human	SSEA-3	[15, 21]
		SSEA-4	[15, 21]
Induced pluripotent stem cell	Mouse	SSEA-1 (glycoprotein/proteoglycan?)	[12]
Neural stem cell	Mouse, human	GD2	[30]
	Mouse	GD3	[31]
		GQ1b	[31]
		GT1b	[31]
		Chol-1α (GT1aα and GQ1bα)	[32]
	Mouse	SSEA-1 (glycoprotein/proteoglycan?)	[30, 34]
	Human	SSEA-1 (glycoprotein/proteoglycan?)	[30]
Brain cancer stem cell	Human	A2B5 antigens (c-series gangliosides)	[35, 36]
	Mouse	SSEA-1 (glycoprotein/proteoglycan?)	[37, 38]
	Human	SSEA-1 (glycoprotein/proteoglycan?)	[39]
Hematopoietic stem cell	Mouse	GM1?	[42–44]
Mesenchymal stem cell	Human	GD2	[46]
		GM1	[14]
		GM3	[48]
		GM2	[48]
		GD1a	[48]
	Mouse, human	SSEA-4	[45]
Very small embryonic-like stem cell	Mouse	SSEA-1 (glycoprotein/proteoglycan?)	[49]
	Human	SSEA-4	[50]