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Table 3 Putative gastric stem cell and cancer stem cell markers

From: Helicobacter pylori infection induced gastric cancer; advance in gastric stem cell research and the remaining challenges

Name

Location

Self-renewal

Xenograft

Reference

CD44

gland base

sphere formation

tumorigenic

[32]

CD90

n/t

sphere formation

tumorigenic

[35]

CD133

gland base

yes

tumorigenic

[38]

Musashi-1

antral, isthmus/neck

n/t

n/t

[41]

pSmad2/3L-Thr

isthmus region

n/t

n/t

[43]

  1. CD Cluster of differentiation; n/t not tested; pSmad2/3L-Thr Smad2/3 phosphorylated at specific linker threonine.