Table 1 CD Markers Expressed in ADMSCS And Their Biological and Potential Therapeutic Functions

From: Adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in type 1 diabetes treatment

Cell Surface Marker

Gene

Function

Potential Therapeutic Activitya

References

CD13

ANPEP

Aids in the final digestion of peptides generated from the hydrolysis of proteins by gastric and pancreatic proteases

Tissue regeneration and repair

124,167

CD29

ITBG1

Cell adhesion

Recognition in embryogenesis, homeostasis, tissue repair, immune response, and metastatic diffusion of cancer cells

Aids in multipotent differentiation

Tissue repair

Immune response

Hemostasis

167,168,169,170

CD44

CD44

Cell-cell interactions

Cell adhesion

Cell migration

Promotes uptake of hyaluronic acid during inflammation (Anti-inflammatory)

Immunoregulation\

89,171

CD73

NT5E

Determinants of lymphocyte differentiation

Catalyzes the conversion of extracellular nucleotides to membrane-permeable nucleosides

Immunosuppression of effector T-cells

124,172

CD90

THY1

Cell adhesion

Cell communication

Cell proliferation

Tissue repair

173,174

CD105

ENG

Enables protein homodimerization activity and transforming growth factor beta binding activity

Circulatory system development

Positive regulation of cell differentiation

Regulation of gene expression

Angiogenesis

Cardiac regeneration

167

CD166

ALCAM

Cell adhesion and migration

Binds to T-cell differentiation antigen CD6

Chondrogenic differentiation

83

CD34

CD34

May play a role in the attachment of stem cells to the bone marrow extracellular matrix or stromal cells

Potential in transplantation success

175,176,177

CD59

CD59

Inhibitor of the complement membrane attack complex

Activates T cells through signal transduction pathway

Encodes a cell surface glycoprotein that regulates complement-mediated cell lysis

Protect MSCs against complement action

Anti-apoptotic

178

CD39

ENTPD1

Encodes plasma membrane protein that hydrolyzes extracellular ATP and ADP to AMP

Produces adenosine with CD73

Immunoregulation of effector T-cells

178

CD146

MCAM

Involved in glomerular filtration and vascular wound healing

Acts upstream of or within angiogenesis

Chondrogenesis

Angiogenesis

125

CD71

TFRC

Encodes a cell surface receptor necessary for cellular iron uptake by the process of receptor-mediated endocytosis

Required for erythropoiesis and neurologic development

Erythropoiesis

179

CD201

PROCR

Encodes a receptor for activated protein C

Improved engraftment

180

CD49e

ITGA5

Cell surface adhesion

Cell signaling

Cell surface adhesion

181

CD45

PTPRC

Encodes a protein tyrosine phosphatase that regulates T- and B-cell antigen receptors

Immunosuppression

38

CD47

CD47

Encodes a membrane protein, which is involved in the increase in intracellular calcium concentration that occurs upon cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix

May play a role in membrane transport and signal transduction

Immunomodulation

39

  1. ANPEP alanyl aminopeptidase, membrane, ITGB1 Integrin Subunit Beta 1, CD44 cluster of differentiation 44, NT5E 5’-nucleotidase ecto, THY1 thymocyte differentiation antigen 1, ENG endoglin, ALCAM activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule, CD34 cluster of differentiation 34, CD59 cluster of differentiation 59, ENTPD1 ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1, MCAM melanoma cell adhesion molecule, TFRC transferrin receptor, PROCR protein C receptor, ITGA5 integrin subunit alpha 5, PTPRC protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type C, CD47 cluster of differentiation 47.
  2. aPotential Therapeutic Activities were found through a database search for each gene’s name via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.