title: Revisiting calcein AM: alternative tool for identifying dye-effluxing cancer stem cells?
authors.affiliation: Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA USA.
authors.forename: Kiki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005452:Fluoresceins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000378:metabolism; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011355:Prodrugs; C085925:calcein AM; C017807:bisbenzimide ethoxide trihydrochloride; C007740:fluorexon