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. 2020 Jun 3;39:100. doi: 10.1186/s13046-020-01584-0

Table 1.

Summary of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells and cancer stem cells according to theirtranscription factors, markers, signaling pathways, RNA,and epigenetic regulators

Stem cells ESC CSC
Features mESC hESC
Markers [17]

• Oct 3/4 [17]

• Sox2 [17]

• Nanog [17]

• Klf4 [17]

• SSEA1 [16]

• Esrrb [39]

• Oct 3/4 [17]

• Sox2 [17]

• Nanog [17]

• Klf4 [17]

• c-Myc [17]

• SSEA3, 4, 5 [16]

• TRA-1-60 [16]

• TRA-1-81 [16]

• EpCAM (CD326) [17]

• Lgr5 [17]

• CD19 [17]

• CD24 [17]

• CD27 [17]

• CD38 [17]

• CD45 [17]

• CD49f [17]

• TNFRSF16 [17]

• CD133 [17]

• CD151 [17]

• ABCG2 [17]

• ALDH1A1 [17]

• CD13 [17]

• CD20 [17]

• CD26 [17]

• CD34 [17]

• CD44 [17]

• CD47 [17]

• CD66c [17]

• CD105 [17]

• CD117/c-Kit [17]

• CD166 [17]

Signal & Characteristics

• LIF/Jak/Stat

(Self-renewal) [40]

• Wnt/β-catenin (Self-renewal) [41] Wnt/β-catenin(self-renewal/Differentiation) [42]

Wnt/β-catenin

• Brain [43]

• Colon [13]

• Prostate [44]

Wnt/β-catenin

• Breast [45]

• Lung [46]

• Head and Neck squamous cell carcinoma [47]

• Hedgehog

(Self-renewal) [48]

• Hedgehog

(Differentiation) [49]

Hedgehog

• Brain [50]

• Pancreas [51]

Hedgehog

• Breast [52]

• Gastric cancer [53]

• Notch

(Differentiation) [54]

• Notch

(Differentiation) [54]

Notch [55]

• Brain [56]

• Colon [57]

Notch

• Breast [58]

• Pancreas [59]

• TGF-β/BMP/Smad (Activin/Nodal→ self-renewal)

(BMP → self-renewal) [60]

• TGF-β/BMP/Smad (Activin/Nodal→ self-renewal)

(BMP → differentiation) [61]

TGFβ/TβRII, Integrin/FAK

• Brain [62]

• Skin [63]

• Gastrointestinal [64]

TGFβ/TβRII, Integrin/FAK

• Breast [65]

• Colon [66]

• FGF

(Differentiation) [67]

• FGF

(Self-renewal) [68]

FGF-FGFR

• Bladder [69]

• Breast [70]

FGF-FGFR

• Brain [71]

• Colon [72]

PI3K/AkT/mTOR

• Neuroblastoma [73]

• Ovarian [74]

• Glioblastoma [75]

Related markers

• DNA methylation regulator

• Chromatin regulator

• DMNT1 (Differentiation) [76]

• TET2 (Differentiation) [77]

• EZH2

(Self-renewal& pluripotency) [78, 79]

• BMI-1

(Self-renewal& pluripotency) [80]

• Suz12

(Self-renewal & pluripotency) [78]

• MLL1 (Self-renewal & pluripotency) [78]

DNMT1

• Colon [81]

TET2

• Breast [82]

EZH2

• Breast [83]

• Brain [84]

• Bone [85]

BMI-1

• Esophageal [94]

• Laryngeal [95]

• Salivary adenoid [96]

• Colon [97]

• Prostate [86]

• Head and neck [87]

• Colorectal [88]

• Lymphoma [89]

Suz12

• Breast [90]

MLL1

• Brain [91]

• Breast [92]

• Hematomalignancy [93]

• Pancreas [83]

• Colorectal cancer [88]

RNAs

• Let7 and Lin 28 (Differentiation) [98, 99]

• Mir-31 (Differentiation) [100]

• Mir-145 (Differentiation) [101]

• Mir-200 family (Differentiation) [102]

• LncRNA-ROR

(Self-renewal) [103]

Let-7

• Breast [104]

Mir-200 family

• Breast [105]

Mir-34, Mir-34α

• Brain [106]

• Pancreatic [107]

• Colon [108]

Mir-145

• Brain [109]

LncRNA-ROR

• Liver [110]

• Prostate [111]

• Gastric [112]

Self-renewal Yes [113] Yes [113] Yes [113]
DNA repair Yes [114] Yes [114] Altered by adaptation to environments, hypoxia condition and cell cycle [114117]
Microenviromental protection by niche from noxious agents Yes [118] Yes [118] Yes [119, 120]
plasticity Affected by differentiation and dedifferentiation states [121]

• Epithetical mesenchymal transition can self-renewal acquisition.

• Dedifferentiation and mutation accumulation in committed cells [122].

This table is a modified version of the one published by Hadjimichael et al. [400]. CSC: cancer stem cells; ESCs: embryonic stem cells; mESCs Mouse ESCs, hESCs Human ESCs.