THY1 and cancer: qPCR analysis showed increased expression of many CSC marker genes (Keysar and Jimeno, 2010; Klonisch et al., 2008; Medema, 2013) such as ALDH1, ABCG2, NESTIN, EpCam and CD90, altogether suggesting that hTERT plays a significant role in the expression of cancer and CSC markers.