Research Article

BMI1, ALDH1A1, and CD133 Transcripts Connect Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition to Cancer Stem Cells in Lung Carcinoma

Figure 1

mRNA expression levels of EMT (BMI1, TWIST1), CSC (CD133, ALDH1A1), and epithelial (EpCAM) markers in primary tumors and whole blood samples of 57 NSCLC patients. Data are shown as scattered plot for all measured values with line in the middle representing the median.