title: CD90 a potential cancer stem cell marker and a therapeutic target.
abstract: Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) have been recently identified and their role in carcinogenesis has been ascertained. CSCs have been correlated with high relapse in certain cancers, multiple drug resistance against chemotherapy and metastasis. Several markers such as CD133, CD24, CD44, EpCAM, and CD26 have been identified to isolate and characterize CSCs. None of these markers or their combinations are universal in nature and can be used to isolate CSCs from all types of cancer. CD90 is one such marker whose expression has been extensively studied in recent years. CD90+ cells have been isolated from several types of tumors and shown to exhibit cardinal properties of CSCs such as proliferation, differentiation, spheroid formation, metastasis and ability to form tumor xenograft in immunodeficient mice. It is also found to be co-expressed with several other CSC markers. CD90 is therefore, suggested as a candidate marker as well as a potential therapeutic target for elimination of CSCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, B. V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development Centre, S. G. Highway, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.|Faculty of Pharmacy, NIRMA University, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Gota, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Muhammad Vaseem
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, B. V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development Centre, S. G. Highway, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.|Faculty of Pharmacy, NIRMA University, Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Gota, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Manika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kala
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, B. V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development Centre, S. G. Highway, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nivsarkar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D018874:Spheroids, Cellular / Q000473:pathology; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens
keywords: CD90; THY1; Tumors; cancer stem cell markers; cancer stem cells