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Table 4 Cytokine/chemokine receptors detectable on neoplastic stem cells (NSC)

From: Cancer stem cells in basic science and in translational oncology: can we translate into clinical application?

Malignancy

Cytokine receptors expressed on NSC

AML

IL-2RA [154], IL-3RA [155], G-CSFR [156], FLT3 [157], SCFR/KIT [158], CXCR4 [159]

MDS

G-CSFR [160], SCFR/KIT, CXCR4 [161]

MPN

G-CSFR [160], SCFR/KIT [162], CXCR4 [163]

Ph + CML

IL-2RA [83], IL-3RA [17], G-CSFR [160], GM-CSFR [164], SCFR/KIT [165], IL-1RAP [87], CXCR4 [166]

Ph + ALL

IL-2RA [167], IL-3RA [168], CXCR4 [169]

Myeloma

CXCR4 [170]

Breast cancer

EGFR [171], ERBB2/Her2 [172], FGFR2 [173], TGFßR [174], MET [93]

Gastric cancer

EGFR [175], ERBB2/Her2 [176]

Colon cancer

EGFR [177], CXCR4 [178], IGF1R [179], TGFßR [180]

SCLC

EGFR [181]

Pancreatic cancer

EGFR [182], CXCR4 [39]

HCC

EGFR, IGF1R [183]

Glioblastoma

EGFR [184], PDGFRB [185], CXCR4 [186], TGFßR [187], MET [188]

Ovarian cancer

EGFR [189], ERBB2/Her2 [190], IGF1R, TGFßR [191]

Prostate cancer

CXCR4 [192]

Melanoma

CXCR1 [193], EPOR [120]

  1. AML, acute myeloid leukemia; IL, interleukin; G-CSFR, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor; SCF, stem cell factor receptor; Ph+, Philadelphia chromosome-positive; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; GM-CSF, granulocyte- macrophage colony-stimulating factor; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; TGFßR, transforming growth factor ß receptor; IGF1R, insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor; SCLC, small cell lung cancer; NSCL, non-small cell lung cancer; n.k., not known; HCC, hepatocellular carcionoma; PDGFR, platelet-derived growth factor receptor; NGFR, nerve growth factor receptor; EPOR, erythropoietin receptor.