Surface marker | The distinctive feature of these cells | References |
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CD133+ | Higher clonogenic and proliferative potentials recapitulate the tumor characteristics in NOD/SCID mice | |
CD44+ | Targeting CD44 by siRNA induced cell death and decreased the tumor | [35] |
CD44+/CD117+ | Recapitulate the original tumor in vivo | |
CD44+/MyD88+ | Presented stem-like characteristics, including constitutive NF-κB activity, high capacity for tumor reconstitution, resistance to chemotherapeutics ability to recapitulate the tumor in vivo and | [37] |
CD44+/E-cadherin−/CD34− | Participate in neovascularization shorter tumor-free period in vivo and increased | [38] |
CD44+/CD24+/EpCAM+ CD44+/CD24− | migration and invasion characteristics in vitro differentiation potential and drug resistance accompanied by higher invasion ability | [39] [40] |