Sphere-forming culture enriches liver cancer stem cells and reveals Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 as a potential therapeutic target

Table 2 Comparison of Tumorigenic Capacity of Primary Sphere Tumor cells and Primary CD45^−-Tumor cells

		No. of Mice with Tumor Formation/Total No. of Mice with Cell Injection
Phonotypes	No. of cells injected	2 Weeks	4 Weeks	6 Weeks
Sphere cells	2 × 10²	0/6	3/6	3/6
	5 × 10²	0/6	4/6	4/6
	1 × 10³	1/6	3/6	3/6
	5 × 10³	2/6	5/6	5/6
CD45⁻ cells	1 × 10³	0/6	0/6	0/6
	1 × 10⁵	0/6	0/6	0/6
	1 × 10⁶	0/6	0/6	0/6

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