Table 1.

Markers for liver cancer stem cells

Gene name	Other name	Function	Species	Organ	References
CD133	Prominin 1 (PROM1)	Glycoprotein, membrane protrusions	Human, Mouse	Liver, Brain	a
CD49f	Integrinα chain α6 (ITGA6)	Cell adhesion, cell signaling	Mouse	Liver	b
CD90	Thy-1	Glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor	Mouse	Liver	c
CD44	Hyaluronic acid receptor	Cell adhesion and migration, metastasis	Mouse	Liver, Breast	d
CD117	KIT	C-kit receptor Cytokine receptor	Mouse	Liver	e
CK19	Cytokeratin 19	Biliary lineage marker	Mouse	Liver	f
OV-6	Oval cell marker	Early progenitor cells	Human	Liver	g
CD34	Glycoprotein	Cell-cell adhesion factor	Mouse	Liver, Leukemia	h
AFP	α-fetoprotein	Fetal counterpart of serum albumin	Mouse	Liver	i

^aMa et al., 2007; Ma et al., 2008; Ho et al., 2006; Singh et al., 2004; Shmelkov et al., 2005; Rountree et al., 2008.

^bMa et al., 2007; Rountree et al., 2008.

^cMa et al., 2007.

^dMa et al., 2007; Al-Hajj et al., 2003.

^eMa et al., 2007.

^fTirnitz-Parker et al., 2007; Libbrecht et al., 2001.

^gLibbrecht et al., 2001.

^hLapidot et al., 1994.

ⁱChiba et al., 2006.