Reagent	Type	Manufacturer	Catalog #	Comments
FITC-conjugated monoclonal anti-CD44 (clone G44-26)	Antibody	BD Pharmingen	555478	–
FITC-mouse IgG2b isotype control immunoglobulin	Antibody	BD Pharmingen	555742	–
MX3005P Real-time PCR system	Equipment	Stratagene	–	Replaces ABI Prism 7900 SDS
IMDM with GlutaMAX, HEPES and sodium pyruvate	Medium	Gibco/Life Technologies	31980-030	This reagent was referred to as ‘DMEM’ in the original study
miR-34a miRNA assay kit	Primer	Applied Biosystems	TaqMan miRNA assay, assay ID 000426	–
hsa-let-7b miRNA assay kit	Primer	Applied Biosystems	TaqMan miRNA assay, assay ID 000378	–
miR-191 miRNA assay kit	Primer	Applied Biosystems	TaqMan miRNA assay, assay ID 002299	–
miR-103 miRNA assay kit	Primer	Applied Biosystems	TaqMan miRNA assay, assay ID 000439	–
Penicillin-Streptomycin solution (100×)	Reagent	Sigma–Aldrich	P4333	Original brand not specified
Insulin	Reagent	Sigma–Aldrich	I-6634	–
FcR blocking reagent	Reagent	Miltenyi Biotec	120-000-442	–
FBS	Reagent	Sigma–Aldrich	F2442	Replaces Benchmark Cat. #100-106
7-AAD	Reagent	Molecular Probes	A-1310	–
M-MLV reverse transcriptase	Reagent	Invitrogen	AM2044	–
Insulin	Reagent	Sigma–Aldrich	I-6634	–
Bovine serum albumin (BSA)	Reagent	Sigma–Aldrich	05470	Original brand not specified
Platinum Pfx DNA polymerase	Reagents	Invitrogen	11708013	–
10 mM sNTP mix	Reagent	Invitrogen	18427-013	Original brand not specified
Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline (PBS); without Ca2+ and Mg2+	Reagent	Sigma–Aldrich	D8537	Original brand not specified