Table 2.

The most common surface markers of CSCs.

CSCs Marker	Expression in ESCs	Expression in ASCs	Expression in Normal Tissues/Cells	Expression in CSCs
CD133	yes	hematopoietic, neural, prostatic	rare	pancreas, colon, liver, prostate, lung, brain
CD24	yes	intestinal	rare, neural cells, lymphocytes	kidney, bladder, breast, ovary
CD44	no	hematopoietic, adipose, mesenchymal	yes, lymphatic and epithelial tissue	colon, prostate, stomach, ovary, breast
CD13	no	mesenchymal	rare	liver
CD166	weak	intestinal, adipose	epithelial cells	colon, lung, head and neck
EpCAM	yes	intestinal	rare	breast, colon, liver