(Fig. 2A) Breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, MCF7 and T47D) and primary human breast cancer cells were labelled with pre-conjugated with fluorescently antibodies to CD44, CD24 and ESA (stem cell markers), 7-AAD (viability marker) and Hoechst (Cell cycle). This evidence concerns the gene CD24 and breast carcinoma.