Table 1 CSC markers from different types of cancers. Compilation of the most common CSC markers (in bold) identified from different types of cancers (references in brackets)

Leukemia

CD34⁺ [191, 196,197,198]; CD38⁻ [191, 197, 198]; CD47⁺ [191]; CCL-1 [191]; CD96⁺ [36, 191]; CD90⁻ [198]; CD117⁻ [198]; CD133⁺ [199]; CD123⁺ [191, 198]

Breast

CD34⁺ [200]; CD24^low [36, 48, 191, 197]; ALDH1⁺ [198]; CD29⁺ [201]; Bmi-1⁺ [202]; CD133⁺ [48]; ESA⁺ [191, 198]; CD59⁺ [36]

Pancreatic

ESA⁺ [48, 191]; CD24⁺ [48, 191, 198]; CD44⁺ [48, 191, 198]; CD133⁺ [36, 48, 198]

Lung

CD44⁺ [48, 191]; CD133⁺ [48, 191, 198, 203]; CD59⁺ [36]; CD56⁺ [203]

Liver

ESA⁺ [191]; CD133⁺ [48, 191, 198]; CD90⁺ [191, 198]; CD44⁺ [48, 191]; CD176⁺ [48]

Gastric

CD133⁺ [204]; CD54⁺ [48]; CD44⁺ [48, 191]

Colorectal

ESA⁺ [191]; CD133⁺ [36, 48, 191, 198, 205]; CD166⁺ [48, 191, 198]; CD44⁺ [48, 191, 198]; CD24⁺ [48, 191, 198]

Prostate

Integrin α2β1 [48]; CD44⁺ [48, 198]; CD133⁺ [48, 198]; Bmi-1 [206]

Melanoma

CD34⁺/CD31⁺ [200]; CD20⁺ [198]; CD44⁺ [207]

Ovarian

CD44⁺ [48, 197, 208]; CD117⁺ [48, 197, 208]; CD133⁺ [48, 208]; CD24⁺ [48]