Table 1 Summary of endothelial and mesenchymal cell markers.

From: Oscillatory shear stress-driven endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition: a critical mechanical signal transduction mechanism in atherosclerosis progression

Endothelial cell maker

Mesenchymal cell maker

Protein name

Gene name

Protein name

Gene name

Protein name

Gene name

CD31

PECAM1 [19]

Transgelin/SM22α [38]

TAGLN [20]

Myocardin

Myocd [47]

CD34

CD34 [19]

α-SMA [154]

ACTA2 [19]

Fibronectin [20]

FN1 [37]

VE-Cadherin [154]

CDH5 [38]

Myosin-11

MYH11 [19]

N-cadherin [20]

CDH2 [95]

Claudin-5

Cldn5 [47]

FSP-1 [22]

AIFM2

Vimentin

Vim [38]

CD9 [151]

CD9

CD44 molecule

CD44 [38]

Tropomyosin 2

TPM2 [151]

von Willebrand factor

vWF [22]

Calponin-1 [154]

CNN1 [47]

Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1

Serpine1 [48]

Cytokine-like protein 1

CYTL1 [47]

Integrin alpha-9

ITGA9 [47]

Collagen alpha-1(I) chain

COL1A1 [47]

Intercellular adhesion molecule 1

ICAM1 [66]

Serine protease 23

PRSS23 [151]

Collagen alpha-1(III) chain

COL3A1 [48]

Cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 3

EGFL1 [47]

Myotonin-protein kinase

Dmpk [47]

Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1

ZEB1 [124]

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2

VEGFR2 [95]

Zinc finger protein SNAI2

Slug/Snai2 [20]

Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 2

ZEB2 [20]

Transcriptional regulator ERG

ERG [135]

Snail family transcriptional repressor 1

Snai1 [20]

Fibroblast activation protein alpha

FAP [22]

Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor Tie-1

TIE1 [19]

Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 3

NOTCH3 [19]

CTGF (connective tissue growth factor)

CCN2 [95]

Angiopoietin-1 receptor

TIE2 [95]

Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha

Pdgfra [48]

Vascular cell adhesion protein 1

VCAM1 [95]

Secreted frizzled-related protein 1

SFRP1 [151]

Myosin regulatory light polypeptide 9

MYL9 [47]

Metalloproteinase inhibitor 1

TIMP1 [151]

  1. PECAM-1 platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1, VE-cadherin vascular endothelial cadherin, CDH5 cadherin-5, a-SMA alpha smooth muscle actin, ACTA2 actin, aortic smooth muscle, FSP-1 ferroptosis suppressor protein 1, CDH2 cadherin-2, N-cadherin neural cadherin.