This feature has been recapitulated using CD90 expressing cells obtained from esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (Tang et al., 2013), gastric cancers (Jiang et al., 2012), gliomas (Kang and Kang, 2007; He et al., 2012), and lung carcinomas (Wang et al., 2013). This evidence concerns the gene THY1 and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.