Liver Cancer Stem Cells

Table 1

Markers that have aided in the identification of stem cells.

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Markers

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Cluster of differentiation (CD)133+

CD44+

CD45−

CD90⁺

CD34

OV6

Side population (SP)

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM)

OC.2, OC.3, OC.4, OC.5, OC.10

BDS7

Thy-1

c-kit

ABCG2/BCRP1(breast cancer resistance protein)

Connexin 43

Tumor rejection antigen 1-81 (TRA-1-81)

TRA-1-60

Sry-box containing gene 2 (SOX2)

Surface antigen stage-specific embryonic antigen 3 (SSEA-3)

CK7, CK19, CK14

α-fetoprotein (AFP)

γ-glutamyltranspeptidase

Placental form of glutathione-S-transferase

Flt-3 ligand

DMBT1(deleted in malignant brain tumor 1)

Neural cell adhesion molecule 1(NCAM)/CD56

Chromogranin A

Parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP)

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