Table 1.

The percentage of side population cells relative to total viable cells from human prostate non-tumor and tumor specimens

NT/T	Specimen weight (gram)	% viability	Total viable cells analyzed	% SP/viable cells	Total SP cells sorted	% NonSP gated	% Efficiency of SP sorted cells
NT1*	5.820	42.1	2.50×105	0.9	5013	11.9	98
NT2	11.423	12.4	1.60×104	0.2	341	3.2	98
NT3	3.651	86.6	1.58×106	0.2	2514	16.6	94
NT4	1.678	26.4	1.59×105	0.4	10856	5.1	97
NT5	4.246	12.2	9.40×104	1.2	10173	2.0	92
T5	3.729	5.2	2.25 ×106	0.2	11224	0.7	92
NT6	1.988	34.5	3.53×105	1.0	12616	6.0	100
T6	1.786	36.8	4.25×105	1.2	15292	6.6	66

NT – Histological Non-tumor portion of radical prostatectomy

T – Tumor

SP – Side population

NonSP – Non-side population

^*NT1 – DCV side population profile is as shown in Fig 1.

% Efficiency – Cells within parameters of gate settings.