Table 1 Cell surface markers of liver cancer stem cells

Side population

Huh7 and PLC/PRF/5 cell lines

Chiba et al. (2006) [19]

CD133⁺

SMMC-7721 cell line, human primary HCC

Yin et al. (2007) [20]

CD133⁺

Huh7, PLC8024, Hep3B cell lines, human primary HCC

Ma et al. (2007) [21]

CD133⁺ CD44⁺

SMMC-7721, MHCC-LM3 and MHCC-97L cell lines

Zhu et al. (2010) [29]

CD90

HepG2, Hep3B, PLC, Huh7, MHCC97L, and MHCC97 H cell lines, human primary HCC

Yang et al. (2008) [10]

EpCAM

HuH1, HuH7, and Hep3B cell lines, human primary HCC

Yamashita et al. (2009) [13]

OV6

Huh7, PLC, SMMC7721, Hep3B, and HepG2 cell lines

Yang et al. (2008) [30]