The authors also found that CD24-positive ovarian cancer cells preferentially express higher levels of stem cell genes—including Nestin, β-catenin, Bmi-1, Oct4, Oct3/4, Notch1, and Notch4—than the CD24-negative counterpart, and they contribute to a specific capacity for self-renewal and multi-differentiation [35]. Here, POU5F1 is linked to ovarian cancer.