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Table 4 In vivo tumourigenicity experiment of putative lung CSCs and non-putative CSCs

From: Human non-small cell lung cancer expresses putative cancer stem cell markers and exhibits the transcriptomic profile of multipotent cells

Cell type

Cell number injected

Tumour incidence

Tumour size (average) (cm)

A549 Parental

20,000

3 / 3

0.89

A549 CD166+/CD44+

20,000

3 / 3

1.00

A549 CD166−/CD44−

20,000

2 / 3

0.83

A549 CD166+/EpCAM+

20,000

3 / 3

1.18

A549 CD166−/EpCAM−

20,000

2 / 3

0.70

H2170 Parental

20,000

3 / 3

1.28

H2170 CD166+/EpCAM+

20,000

3 / 3

1.39

H2170 CD166−/EpCAM−

20,000

2 / 3

0.89

Control (media + matrigel)

20,000

0 / 3

0