Review Article

Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) in Drug Resistance and their Therapeutic Implications in Cancer Treatment

Table 1

Cancer stem cell markers in human.

Tumor typeCancer stem cell markersReference

Lung cancerCD133+, CD44+, ABCG2, ALDH, CD87+, SP, CD90+[215217]
Colon cancerCD133+, CD44+, CD24+, CD166+, EpCAM+, ALDH, ESA[218, 219]
Liver cancerCD133+, CD44+, CD49f+, CD90+, ALDH, ABCG2, CD24+, ESA[51, 219]
Breast cancerCD133+, CD44+, CD24, EpCAM+, ALDH-1[51, 218]
Gastric cancerCD133+, CD44+, CD24+[215, 220222]
Leukemia (AML)CD34+, CD38, CD123+[216, 218, 223]
Prostate cancerCD133+, CD44+, α2β1, ABCG2, ALDH[51, 215, 223]
Pancreatic cancerCD133+, CD44+, CD24+, ABCG2, ALDH, EpCAM+, ESA[195, 215, 218]
MelanomaABCB5+, CD20+[51, 217]
Head and neck cancerSSEA-1+, CD44+, CD133+[224226]