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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Dec 7;132(2):483–489. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.12.001

Table 2. Putative ovarian cancer stem cell markers with enhanced tumorigenicity.

Marker Endpoint Reference
CD133+ Increased tumorigenic efficiency (cell lines, Baba(65),
primary tumor, ascites, xenograft tumor) Curley(66)
Enhanced vasculogenesis (cell lines, primary Kusumbe(67),
tumor, ascites, xenograft tumor) Silva(27)
CD44+/MyD88+ Increased tumorigenesis; spheroid formation; chemoresistance (ascites, cell lines) Alvero(68)
CD44+/CD117+ Increased tumorigenesis; chemoresistance (primary tumor, xenograft tumors) Zhang(69)
CD44+/CD24- Spheroid formation; recapitulate parental tumor (cell lines) Shi(70)
CD44+/CD24+ Increased tumorigenesis (primary tumor, xenograft tumor) Gao(71)
ALDH1A1+ Increased tumorigenesis; pluripotency (cell lines) Landen(26)
ALDH1A1+/CD133+ Increased tumorigenesis; chemoresistance (cell Silva(27)
lines, primary tumor, xenograft tumor) Kryczek(72)
Increased tumorigenesis; self-renewal (primary
tumor)
ABCG2 (Side pop'n) Increased tumorigenesis (cell lines (murine and human), ascites) Szotek(36)
Increased tumorigenesis; chemoresistance (cell lines, ascites, xengraft tumor) Hu(73)
Increased tumorigenesis; chemoresistance; self-renewal (cell lines, xenograft tumor) Dou(74)
Chemoresistance (cell lines) Kobayashi(61)