Table 3. Apoptosis rate (%) of the Huh7 cells, CD90⁺ LCSCs and CD90⁻ Huh7 cells.

	Control $(\overline{x}\pm \text{S},n=3)$	10min $(\overline{x}\pm \text{S},n=3)$	30min $(\overline{x}\pm \text{S},n=3)$	1h $(\overline{x}\pm \text{S},n=3)$
Huh7	3.8±2.8	3.1±0.6*	18.3±3.8*	23.8±3.2*
CD90+LCSCs	4.4±3.1	4.4±0.6*	17.1±2.7*	24.8±4.9*
CD90−Huh7	2.6±2.4	4.7±0.5*	18.2±2.8*	25.9±3.6*

Notes: Data are presented as means ± standard deviation. Each experiment was repeated at least three times.

^*Comparisons between the three groups in each time, P > 0.05