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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Oncol. 2009 May–Jun;27(3):301–303. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.12.012

Table I.

Methods for Identifying and Isolating SC or CSC.

  • BrdU labeling

  • Primary cells immortalized with hTERT

  • Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)

    • based on stem cell surface markers

      • CD133/prominin-1/α2β1hi

      • CD44

      • Sca-1

    • based on stem cell behavior

      • ABCG2/BCRP