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. 2018 Sep 4;11:5419–5428. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S164575

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Subpopulations of CD44⁺/CD24⁻ cancer stem cells of breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 were sorted using a flow cytometer.

Notes: (A) Graphs showing CD44⁺/CD24⁻ breast CSC sorting by flow cytometry. Cells in Q3 are referred to as CD44⁺/CD24⁻ cells. (B) Percentage of CD44⁺/CD24⁻ breast CSC subpopulations in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. Results represent the mean ± SD of 3 independent experiments (*P<0.05).

Abbreviations: CSC, cancer stem cell; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate.