Sentences with phrase «combinations of cell surface markers»

Lineage - restricted progenitors are identifiable by expression of distinct combinations of cell surface markers.

In breast cancer, CSCs or tumor - initiating cells were first identified by using a combination of cell surface markers, CD24 − / CD44 + / ESA (EpCAM) + (2).

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By means of a non-obese diabetic / severe combined immunodeficiency disease (NOD / SCID) xenotransplant assay in combination with specific cell surface markers (CD44 + CD24 - / low), CSCs were enriched from metastatic and primary breast tumors and were shown to have the ability to reestablish tumor heterogeneity after transplantation [1].