Table 2 Studied populations of CSCs and T-cells

Axl⁺

CD8⁺CD45RA⁺CD197^hiCD62L⁺CD95⁺ / Stem cell–like memory (TSCM) CD8⁺ T cells. This population have high self-renewability, multipotency and proliferation capacity

Axl⁺Sox2⁺

CD3⁺CD4⁺CD8⁻Ki67⁺ / Proliferating CD4⁺T-cells

Axl⁺CD117⁺

CD3⁺CD4⁺Ki67⁺PD-1⁺ / Activated proliferating CD4⁺T-cells

CD44^hiCD90⁺Sox2⁺

CD3⁺CD8⁺Ki67⁺PD-1⁺ / Activated proliferating CD8⁺T-cells

CD117⁺CD44⁺

CD3⁺CD8⁺Ki67⁺ / Proliferating CD8⁺T-cells

CD117⁺EGF⁺CD44⁺PD-L1⁺PD-1⁺

CD3⁺CD8⁺PD-1⁺ / Exhausted CD8⁺ T-cells. This population is characterized by decreased antigen-dependent cytokine secretion and increased expression of inhibitory surface receptors

CD117⁺Sox2⁺

CD4⁻CD3⁻CD8⁺CD62L⁺ / Memory CD8⁺T-cells

CD117⁺EGF⁺

CD117⁺EGF⁺CD44⁺

EGF⁺CD44⁺Sox2⁺

CD117⁺EGF⁺CD44⁺Sox2⁺