The present application provides a fungal (1,3)-Beta-D glucan-directed monoclonal antibody, coding genes thereof, expression thereof and application thereof and belongs to the technical area of medicine & biomedical detection. The antibody contains complementarity determining regions of a light chain variable region and its amino acid sequences contain: VL-CDR1 shown by SEQ ID NO:1, VL-CDR2 shown by SEQ ID NO:2 and VL-CDR3 shown by SEQ ID NO:3; the antibody also contains cornplementarity determining regions of a heavy chain variable region and its amino acid sequences contain: VH-CDR1 shown by SEQ ID NO:4, VH-CDR2 shown by SEQ ID NO:5 and VH-CDR3 shown by SEQ ID NO:6. This antibody specifically binds with the fungal (1,3)-Beta-D glucan, has strong antibody affinity and does not trigger cross reaction with interference substances.

Methods, compositions and cells are provided that identify and isolate a population of adult non-embryonic progenitor cells having multilineage potential, physical diameters of about 2 m to about 8 m in size or about 4 m to about 6 m, and expressing at least one of the stem cell associated genes among Oct-4, KLF-4, Nanog, Sox-2, Rex-1, GDF-3 or Stella. Methods are also provided that identify and isolate populations, which are subsets or subpopulations of progenitor adult stem cells within the population of the adult stem cells which is a heterogeneous population, the methods including contacting the adult stem cells with a ligand specific for at least one of: CD99, tetraspan, ICAM4, full-length MUC1, and truncated MUC1 receptor, in which a presence of a surface protein on the cells that bind to the ligand identifies the population which is the subset of the differentiated progenitor adult stem cells.

Methods, compositions and cells are provided that identify and isolate a population of adult non-embryonic progenitor cells having multilineage potential, physical diameters of about 2 m to about 8 m in size or about 4 m to about 6 m, and expressing at least one of the stem cell associated genes among Oct-4, KLF-4, Nanog, Sox-2, Rex-1, GDF-3 or Stella. Methods are also provided that identify and isolate populations, which are subsets or subpopulations of progenitor adult stem cells within the population of the adult stem cells which is a heterogeneous population, the methods including contacting the adult stem cells with a ligand specific for at least one of: CD99, tetraspan, ICAM4, full-length MUC1, and truncated MUC1 receptor, in which a presence of a surface protein on the cells that bind to the ligand identifies the population which is the subset of the differentiated progenitor adult stem cells.