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. 2017 Sep 23;143(12):2401–2412. doi: 10.1007/s00432-017-2515-2

Table 2.

EGCG decreases or increases the expression of stemness marker mRNAs and proteins by human CSCs

Cancers and names of CSCs Inhibited expression of stemness markers (mRNAs and proteins) References
Breast CSCs
 SUM-149 & SUM-190 mRNAs: CCND1, RHOC, BCL-XL Mineva et al. (2013)
 SUM-149 mRNAs: FN1, CDHI, vimentin
 MDA-MB-231 & MDA-MB-436 Proteins: ER-α36, EGFR, p-ERK1/2, p-AKT Pan et al. (2016)
Lung CSCs
 A549 & H1299 mRNAs: CD133, CD44, ALDH1A1, Nanog, Oct4 Zhu et al. (2017)
Proteins: CD133, CD44, ALDH1A1, Nanog, Oct4, PCNA, cyclin D1, Bcl2, p-GSK3β, β-catenin, c-Myc
Increased Bax, caspase 8, cleaved caspase-3 and -9
Prostate CSCs
 PC-3 & LNCaP Proteins: XIAP, Bcl2, survivin, vimentin, Slug, Snail, β-catenin Tang et al. (2010)
Colorectal CSCs
 HCT116-5FUR & SW480-5FUR mRNAs: Oct4, Nanog Toden et al. (2016)
Proteins: Notch 1, cleaved-Notch 1, c-Myc, Bmi-1, Suz12, Ezh2
 HCT116-SDCSCs mRNAs: CD133, Nanog, ABCC1, ABCG2 Wubetu et al. (2016)
Proteins: Nek2, p-Akt
Liver CSCs
 HepG2-SDCSCs mRNAs: CD133, Nanog, ABCC1, ABCG2, Wubetu et al. (2016)
Proteins: Nek2, p-Akt
Pancreatic CSCs
 Pancreatic CSCs mRNAs: Nanog, c-Myc, Oct4, Bcl2, survivin, XIAP, SMO, PTCH1, PTCH2, Gli1, Gli2, Snail, ZEB1, Slug Tang et al. (2012)
 MIA-PaCa2 & BxPc-3 mRNA: K-ras (by green tea extract) Appari et al. (2014)
Head and neck CSCs
 HNSC (K3, K4, K5) mRNAs: Oct4, Sox2, Nanog, Notch1, Hey1, Hes1 ABCC2, ABCG2 Lee et al. (2013)
Proteins: Oct4, Sox2, Notch1, Hey1, Hes1, ABCC2, ABCG2
Increased involucrin
Nasopharyngeal CSCs
 TW01 & TW06 spheres mRNAs: Oct4, KLf-4, vimentin, Snail
Increased E-cadherin
Lin et al. (2012)
Glioma CSCs
 U87 GSLCs mRNAs: ABCB1, ABCG2, MGMT Zhang et al. (2015)
Proteins: p-Akt, CD133, ALDH1, Bcl2, P-gp
Increased Bax, c-PARP