Table 1 Summary of cardiac progenitor cells populations.

Cardiac colony-forming unit fibroblasts (cCFU-Fs)

Sca-1^pos, PDGFR-α^pos, CD31^neg, c-Kit^low, CD45^neg, FLK1^neg, CD44^pos, CD90^pos, CD29^pos and CD105^pos

mouse, human

Cardiac side population cells (CSPCs)

CD34^pos, CD45^pos, Abcg2^pos, Sca-1^pos, c-kit^pos, NKX2–5^neg, GATA-4^neg

mouse, human

Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs)

CD31^pos, CD105^pos, CD34^pos, CD45^pos, Abcg2^pos, Sca1^pos, c-kit^low

mouse, rat, dog, pig, human

c-kit^pos eCSCs

CD34^neg, CD45^neg, Sca-1^pos, Abcg2^pos, CD105^pos, CD166^pos, GATA-4^pos,

NKX2–5^{pos/neg or low}, MEF2C^pos, VEGFR-2^neg, CD31^neg,

mouse, rat, pig, human

Epicardium-derived progenitor cells (EPDCs)

CD34^pos, c-Kit^pos/neg, CD44^pos, CD90^pos, CD105^pos, CD46^pos, WT-1

mouse, human

Isl1^pos CPCs

(embryonic/fetal)

CD31^neg, Sca-1^neg, c-kit^neg, GATA-4^pos, NKX2–5^pos

mouse, rat, human

Sca1^pos CPCs

Sca-1^pos, CD105^pos, CD34^neg, CD45^neg, FLK1^neg, c-kit^pos/neg, GATA-4^pos, NKX2-5^pos/neg, MEF2C^pos; CD133^neg

mouse, human