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Table 2 Tumor-initiating capacity of freshly sorted ALDH br versus ALDH lo subpopulations in vivo

From: Doxorubicin-enriched, ALDHbr mouse breast cancer stem cells are treatable to oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1

Subpopulation

ALDHbr

ALDHlo

Cell numbers

5, 000

1, 000

100

5, 000

1, 000

100

Tumor incidence

5/5

5/5

4/6

5/5

2/5

0/6

  1. Serial dilutions of ALDHbr versus ALDHlo cells were s.c. injected into female Balb/c mice, and tumor growth was observed weekly and compared. The tumor formation frequency between both subpopulations was plotted against the number of cells injected (i.e., 5, 000, 1, 000 and 100 cells).