title: Specific protein markers for stem cell cross-talk with neighboring cells in the environment.
abstract: A stem cell interacts with the neighboring cells in its environment. To maintain a living organism's metabolism, either cell-cell or cell-environment interactions may be significant. Usually, these cells communicate with each other through biological signaling by interactive behaviors of primary proteins or complementary chemicals. The signaling intermediates offer the stem cell's functionality on its metabolism. With the rapid advent of omics technologies, various specific markers by which stem cells cooperate with their surroundings have been discovered and established. In this article, we review several stem cell markers used to communicate with either cancer or immune cells in the human body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon.
authors.forename: Seung Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Sogang University, Seoul, Korea ; Graduate School of Management of Technology, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon ; SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon.
authors.forename: Soong Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Um
keywords: Cancer cell; Immune cell; Protein marker; Signaling cross-talk; Stem cell