CD44 and female reproductive organ cancer: To show additional evidence Gal3 supports stem like properties, we evaluated the relative levels of CD44, CD133, and CD117 positive populations and the percentage of cells displaying aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH) activity, in the ARK1 and ARK2 cell lines which have been shown to be enriched for cancer stem cells (CSCs) in other gynecologic cancers [44, 45] (Supplementary Fig. S8a–h).