Revisiting calcein AM: alternative tool for identifying dye-effluxing cancer stem cells?

Cancer Biol Ther. 2009 Nov;8(22):2206-8. doi: 10.4161/cbt.8.22.10714.
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Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / metabolism
  • Adenocarcinoma / chemistry
  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Benzimidazoles / analysis
  • Benzimidazoles / metabolism
  • Benzimidazoles / toxicity
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Cell Line, Tumor / chemistry
  • Cell Line, Tumor / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor / pathology
  • Cell Separation / methods
  • Colonic Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Colonic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Fluoresceins / analysis
  • Fluoresceins / metabolism*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / analysis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism
  • Neoplastic Stem Cells / chemistry
  • Neoplastic Stem Cells / metabolism*
  • Phenotype
  • Prodrugs / metabolism
  • Staining and Labeling / methods*

Substances

  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Fluoresceins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Prodrugs
  • calcein AM
  • bisbenzimide ethoxide trihydrochloride
  • fluorexon