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. 2016 Jan 26;8(1):13–21. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v8.i1.13

Table 1.

Main molecular markers implicated in head and neck squamous cell cancer cancer stem cell detection

Ref. Stem cell marker Cancer cell lines studied
Prince et al[5] CD44, BMI 1 HNSCC generated in immunodeficient mouse model
Wei et al[25] CD133 HNSCC cell lines (hep-2)
Chen et al[21] ALDH 1 Immunodeficient mouse model
Krishnamurthy et al[15] ALDH Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

HNSCC: Head and neck squamous cell cancer; ALDH: Aldehyde dehydrogenase.