CD44 and ovarian neoplasm: In our recent studies, we showed co-expression of securin with various CSCs markers (CD24, CD34, CD44, CD117, CD133, ALDH1, SSEA4, LGR5, SHH and β-Catenin) in normal ovary, benign (BN), borderline (BL) and high grade (HG) ovarian tumors (unpublished observations), suggesting an important role of securin in modulating CSC population.