Interestingly, ALDH1A1 was not co-expressed with EpCAM (Fig. 6c), BMI1 (Fig. 6e), CD13 (Fig. 6g), CD24 (Fig. 6i), CD90 (Fig. 6k) and CD133 (Fig. 6m) which have been reported to be cancer stem cell markers in HCC. The gene discussed is THY1; the disease is hepatocellular carcinoma.