Journal of Translational Medicine

Table 1 Cancer stem cells with specific markers

From: Cancer stem cell subsets and their relationships

Type of cancer	Specific markers	References
AML	CD34⁺CD38^-Lin^-	[10]
AML	CD123⁺	[12, 13]
AML	CD47⁺	[14]
Breast cancer	CD24^-CD44⁺Lin^-	[11, 15]
Breast cancer	ALDH1⁺	[16, 17]
Brain tumors	CD133⁺	[18–20]
Glioblastoma	SSEA-1⁺	[21]
Glioblastoma	A2B5⁺	[22]
Prostate cancer	a2β1^hiCD133⁺	[23]
Prostate cancer	Lin^-Sca-1⁺CD49f^high	[24]
Bladder cancer	ALDH1⁺	[25]
Lung cancer	SP-C⁺CCA⁺	[26]
Lung cancer	CD133⁺	[27]
Lung cancer	ALDH1⁺	[28]
Melanoma	CD20⁺MCAM⁺	[29]
Melanoma	CD133⁺ABCG2⁺	[30]
Melanoma	MDR1⁺	[31]
Melanoma	ABCG5⁺	[32]
Melanoma	CD271⁺	[33]
Melanoma	JARID1B⁺	[34]
Colon cancer	CD133⁺	[35–38]
Colon cancer	Lgr5⁺	[39]
Colon cancer	ALDH1⁺	[40]
Colorectal cancer	CD44⁺ESA^hiCD166⁺	[41]
Colorectal cancer	CD26⁺	[42]
Intestinal cancer	Lgr5⁺	[39]
Intestinal cancer	CD133⁺	[43]
Pancreatic cancer	CD44⁺CD24⁺ESA⁺	[44]
Pancreatic cancer	CD133⁺	[45]
HNSCC	CD44⁺	[46]
HNSCC	ALDH1⁺	[47]
B-precursor ALL	CD34⁺CD38⁺ CD19⁺; CD34⁺CD38^-CD19⁺	[48]
Ovarian cancer	CD44⁺CD117⁺	[49]
Ovarian cancer	CD133⁺	[50]
Endometrial tumors	CD133⁺	[51]
Liver cancer	CD90⁺	[52]
Liver cancer	CD133⁺	[53]
Liver cancer	EpCAM⁺	[54]
Renal carcinomas	CD105⁺	[55]
Medulloblastoma	CD15⁺	[56, 57]
Gastric cancer	CD44⁺	[58]
Osteosarcoma	Oct-4⁺	[59]

AML: acute myeloid leukaemia; ALDH: aldehyde dehydrogenase; SP-C: surfactant protein C; CCA: also known as CC10 or CCSP; MCAM: melanoma cell adhesion molecule; ABCG: ATP-binding cassette superfamily G member; MDR: multi-drug resistance protein; ESA: epithelial specific antigen; HNSCC: head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; ALL: acute lymphocytic leukaemia.

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