Table 1.

Summary list of suggested stem/progenitor cell markers and environmental signaling cues (cytokines, growth factors, enzymes, and hormones) currently studied for salivary gland regenerative therapies

Stem/progenitor cell markers	Cytokines, growth factors, enzymes, hormones
ABCG2 [27]	ALDH3 activator [37]
ALDH3 [28]	EDA [38]
ASCL3 [29, 30]	EGF [39]
CD24 (HSA) [22, 31]	FLX3 [14]
CD29 (ITGβ1) [31]	FGF2 [40]
CD34 [32]	FGF7 [41]
CD44 [33]	G-CSF [14]
CD49f (ITGα6) [13, 34]	SHH [42]
CD90 (Thy-1) [34]	IL6 [43, 44]
CD105 [32]	IGF1 [45]
CD117 (KIT) [13, 19, 22, 25]	Melatonin [46]
KRT5 [15, 16]	SCF [14]
KRT14 [23]	VEGF [43]
MUSASHI-1 [19]	WNT [26, 47, 48]
SCA-1 [19, 22]p75 [34]
SOX2 [35]
MIST1 [36]