Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2018.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2018; 24(24): 2567-2581
Published online Jun 28, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i24.2567
Table 1 Putative cell surface markers of gastric tumor-initiating cell
Putative markerTumor sphere formation (in vitro)Tumor formation during serial engraftment (in vivo)Limiting dilution assayChemo-resistanceOthersRef.
CD44++Not conducted+(1) Capacity of cell differentiation (2) Giving rise to both CD44+ and CD44- GC cells (3) Independent prognostic factor of GC patientsTakaishi et al[29] Yoon et al[119]
CD44/CD24+++Not conductedCapacity of cell differentiationZhang et al[32]
CD44/CD54+++Not conducted(1) Capacity of cell differentiation (2) Detectable from peripheral bloodChen et al[33]
CD44/CD26++Not conducted+/Nishikawa et al[127]
CD44/EpCam++++(1) Capacity of cell differentiation (2) Restoration of histological heterogeneity from single CD44/EpCam+ cellHan et al[31]
CD44v810/EpCAM++++CD44v8-10 but not CD44 standard increase the frequency of tumor initiationLau et al[30]
CD90++++Restoration of cellular hierarchy from single CD90+ cellJiang et al[35]
CD133++Not conducted+Independent prognostic factor of GC patientsZhang et al[128]
Lgr5++Not conductedNot conducted/Wang et al[40]
ALDH++++/Nishikawa et al[42]
ALDH1/REG4Katsuno et al[45]
Oct4/Sox2/Nanog++Not conducted+Independent prognostic factor of GC patientsLiu et al[129]