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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chest Med. 2011 Oct 7;32(4):703–740. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.08.003

Table 4.

Published putative markers for the isolation of lung cancer stem cells

Sample type Tumor type Marker/Property for CSC Isolation Reference
Cell lines NSCLC Hoechst exclusion 198,472
Chemoresistance 473
ALDH activity 196,474,475
CD133+ 195
SCLC ALDH activity 474
CD133+ 476
uPAR 477
Tumor tissue NSCLC Hoechst exclusion 198
ALDH activity 474
CD133+ 137,195,199
SCLC CD133+ 199