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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stem Cell Res. 2012 Sep 26;10(1):57–66. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2012.09.002

Table 2.

Putative markers of pluripotency. Of the original 489 gene probes down-regulated in both differentiation conditions, 169 were found to be expressed in somatic tissues at a level less than the 5th percentile observed in hESCs and are designated markers of pluripotency.

GeneProbe Gene Gene_description
A_32_P74847 LARP7 La ribonucleoprotein domain family, member 7
A_24_P668974 LARP7 La ribonucleoprotein domain family, member 7
A_24_P383640 POU5F1P3 POU class 5 homeobox 1 pseudogene 3
A_32_P211752 LOC100506507 Hypothetical LOC100506507
A_32_P132563 POU5F1 POU class 5 homeobox 1
A_24_P144601 POU5F1 POU class 5 homeobox 1
A_24_P214841 POU5F1 POU class 5 homeobox 1
A_23_P327910 ZIC3 Zic family member 3
A_23_P140362 VRTN Vertebrae development homolog (pig)
A_23_P204640 NANOG Nanog homeobox
A_23_P25587 LECT1 Leukocyte cell derived chemotaxin 1
A_23_P329798 CER1 Cerberus 1, cysteine knot superfamily, homolog (Xenopus laevis)
A_23_P59138 POU5F1 POU class 5 homeobox 1
A_23_P72817 GDF3 Growth differentiation factor 3
A_23_P380526 DPPA4 Developmental pluripotency associated 4
A_32_P135985 TDGF1 Teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor 1
A_23_P127322 NODAL Nodal homolog (mouse)
A_23_P137484 L1TD1 LINE-1 type transposase domain containing 1
A_23_P374844 GAL Galanin prepropeptide
A_23_P366376 TDGF1 Teratocarcinoma-derived growth factor 1
A_23_P216149 TERF1 Telomeric repeat binding factor (NIMA-interacting) 1
A_24_P357266 GRPR Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor
A_32_P220696 TERF1 Telomeric repeat binding factor (NIMA-interacting) 1
A_23_P137573 LEFTY2 Left–right determination factor 2
A_24_P90022 SEPHS1 Selenophosphate synthetase 1
A_24_P192434 TERF1 Telomeric repeat binding factor (NIMA-interacting) 1
A_23_P207999 PMAIP1 Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1
A_23_P102471 MSH2 MutS homolog 2, colon cancer, nonpolyposis type 1 (E. coli)
A_24_P392475 BPTF Bromodomain PHD finger transcription factor
A_23_P28153 SCLY Selenocysteine lyase
A_23_P209337 METTL21A Methyltransferase like 21A
A_24_P50458 TERF1 Telomeric repeat binding factor (NIMA-interacting) 1
A_23_P204246 PHC1 Polyhomeotic homolog 1 (Drosophila)
A_23_P156310 SKP2 (includes EG:27401) S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (p45)
A_32_P137926 MMS22L MMS22-like, DNA repair protein
A_23_P14821 GABRB3 Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta 3
A_32_P87531 DNAH14 Dynein, axonemal, heavy chain 14
A_23_P256142 AKIRIN1 Akirin 1
A_24_P162929 METTL21A Methyltransferase like 21A
A_32_P741851 GLB1L3 Galactosidase, beta 1-like 3
A_24_P118452 SEPHS1 Selenophosphate synthetase 1
A_23_P47058 CUZD1 CUB and zona pellucida-like domains 1
A_24_P655268 LOC729082 Hypothetical LOC729082
A_24_P916586 BICD1 Bicaudal D homolog 1 (Drosophila)
A_23_P156842 EEF1E1 Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 epsilon 1
A_23_P259127 ESRP1 Epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1
A_32_P76091 HSPD1 Heat shock 60 kDa protein 1 (chaperonin)
A_24_P134727 TFAM Transcription factor A, mitochondrial
A_23_P160336 LEFTY1 Left–right determination factor 1
A_24_P244699 NUDT15 Nudix (nucleoside diphosphate linked moiety X)-type motif 15
A_24_P52921 BCAT1 Branched chain amino-acid transaminase 1, cytosolic
A_23_P214907 MTHFD1L Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (NADP+dependent) 1-like
A_32_P213091 SHISA9 Shisa homolog 9 (Xenopus laevis)
A_23_P323094 PHC1 Polyhomeotic homolog 1 (Drosophila)
A_23_P82823 PINX1 PIN2/TERF1 interacting, telomerase inhibitor 1
A_23_P162256 DENR Density-regulated protein
A_23_P365060 MDN1 MDN1, midasin homolog (yeast)
A_23_P18818 CNOT6 CCR4-NOT transcription complex, subunit 6
A_23_P148484 RLIM Ring finger protein, LIM domain interacting
A_23_P111373 MRS2 (includes EG:380836) MRS2 magnesium homeostasis factor homolog (S. cerevisiae)
A_23_P203201 DDX6 DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 6
A_23_P92410 CASP3 Caspase 3, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase
A_23_P216118 UNC5D Unc-5 homolog D (C. elegans)
A_23_P214111 KIF13A Kinesin family member 13A
A_23_P138465 NOLC1 Nucleolar and coiled-body phosphoprotein 1
A_23_P121423 CDC25A Cell division cycle 25 homolog A (S. pombe)
A_23_P136504 SLC25A21 Solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial oxodicarboxylate carrier), member 21
A_23_P73220 FGD6 FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing 6
A_23_P421436 ADD2 Adducin 2 (beta)
A_23_P23356 RRP15 (includes EG:327053) Ribosomal RNA processing 15 homolog (S. cerevisiae)
A_32_P34826 C21orf88 Chromosome 21 open reading frame 88
A_24_P128977 G3BP2 GTPase activating protein (SH3 domain) binding protein 2
A_23_P405761 RRAS2 Related RAS viral (r-ras) oncogene homolog 2
A_23_P70168 TARS Threonyl-tRNA synthetase
A_24_P415260 DDX21 DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 21
A_24_P253215 EMG1 EMG1 nucleolar protein homolog (S. cerevisiae)
A_23_P54834 NIP7 Nuclear import 7 homolog (S. cerevisiae)
A_23_P155407 RTP1 Receptor (chemosensory) transporter protein 1
A_24_P297888 MTAP Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
A_23_P351215 SKIL SKI-like oncogene
A_32_P1614 LOC100506054 Hypothetical LOC100506054
A_24_P213794 CCRN4L CCR4 carbon catabolite repression 4-like (S. cerevisiae)
A_23_P10966 GABRB3 Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta 3
A_23_P160881 SMPDL3B Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase, acid-like 3B
A_23_P373119 HMG4L High mobility group box 3 pseudogene 1
A_23_P27167 RNASEH1 Ribonuclease H1
A_24_P49747 HMGB3P24 High mobility group box 3 pseudogene 24
A_23_P213908 PHAX Phosphorylated adaptor for RNA export
A_23_P358417 TIMM8A Translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 8 homolog A (yeast)
A_24_P902052 SNHG13 Small nucleolar RNA host gene 13 (non-protein coding)
A_24_P24685 HMGB3P22 High mobility group box 3 pseudogene 22
A_24_P13533 LRR1 Leucine rich repeat protein 1
A_23_P215484 CCL26 Chemokine (C–C motif) ligand 26
A_23_P252362 MRPS30 Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S30
A_24_P943922 CACHD1 Cache domain containing 1
A_32_P194264 CHAC2 ChaC, cation transport regulator homolog 2 (E. coli)
A_24_P922606 NUP160 Nucleoporin 160 kDa
A_23_P133216 NLN Neurolysin (metallopeptidase M3 family)
A_23_P128991 SLIRP SRA stem-loop interacting RNA binding protein
A_23_P56553 METTL8 Methyltransferase like 8
A_23_P355075 CENPN Centromere protein N
A_23_P134008 USP45 Ubiquitin specific peptidase 45
A_23_P41255 G3BP2 GTPase activating protein (SH3 domain) binding protein 2
A_23_P145724 C7orf16 Chromosome 7 open reading frame 16
A_23_P87759 EMG1 EMG1 nucleolar protein homolog (S. cerevisiae)
A_23_P56865 DDX18 DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 18
A_24_P134626 TXLNG Taxilin gamma
A_24_P234196 RRM2 Ribonucleotide reductase M2
A_23_P214354 EXOC2 Exocyst complex component 2
A_23_P5370 RPRM Reprimo, TP53 dependent G2 arrest mediator candidate
A_24_P12573 CCL26 Chemokine (C–C motif) ligand 26
A_23_P72770 USP44 Ubiquitin specific peptidase 44
A_24_P272389 LOC285216 Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (NADP+dependent) 2, methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase pseudogene
A_23_P54540 EIF2AK4 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4
A_24_P347624 SNURF SNRPN upstream reading frame
A_24_P128085 RC3H2 Ring finger and CCCH-type domains 2
A_23_P102183 PNO1 Partner of NOB1 homolog (S. cerevisiae)
A_32_P71788 FKBP4 FK506 binding protein 4, 59 kDa
A_23_P204170 TMPO Thymopoietin
A_32_P44775 C9orf85 Chromosome 9 open reading frame 85
A_23_P143958 RPL22L1 Ribosomal protein L22-like 1
A_24_P914479 SNX5 Sorting nexin 5
A_23_P427217 JMJD1C Jumonji domain containing 1C
A_23_P204380 GNPTAB N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase, alpha and beta subunits
A_24_P344307 PSME3 Proteasome (prosome, macropain) activator subunit 3 (PA28 gamma; Ki)
A_24_P100664 MKKS McKusick-Kaufman syndrome
A_23_P218918 FGF2 Fibroblast growth factor 2 (basic)
A_24_P314477 TUBB2B Tubulin, beta 2B
A_24_P15754 TOMM40 Translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 homolog (yeast)
A_23_P37497 MYO1E Myosin IE
A_24_P143843 LOC729566 Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 8 opposite strand pseudogene 1
A_24_P152404 C10orf76 Chromosome 10 open reading frame 76
A_23_P125001 RAC3 Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 3 (rho family, small GTP binding protein Rac3)
A_23_P135063
A_24_P161773
A_24_P178523
A_24_P179646
A_24_P195286
A_24_P221285
A_24_P340659
A_24_P341106
A_24_P341731
A_24_P358302
A_24_P367326
A_24_P392505
A_24_P410000
A_24_P41189
A_24_P455060
A_24_P560332
A_24_P58597
A_24_P67063
A_24_P67681
A_24_P695223
A_24_P707102
A_24_P711050
A_24_P752362
A_24_P76142
A_24_P901084
A_24_P928765
A_32_P104334
A_32_P146320
A_32_P152696
A_32_P157504
A_32_P207147
A_32_P24068
A_32_P63086
A_32_P65691
A_32_P885123
A_32_P89049