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Table 1 Clonogenic Assay: Surviving Fraction (SF) of irradiated cells (n = 3 for each experiment); n.d. = not determined

From: Determination of cell survival after irradiation via clonogenic assay versus multiple MTT Assay - A comparative study

 

plating after irradiation

plating before irradiation

A 549

250 cells

500 cells

mean value

S.D.

50 cells

100 cells

mean value

S.D.

0 Gy

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

 

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

 

1 Gy

67.9%

66.3%

67.1%

1.1%

97.7%

87.2%

92.5%

7.4%

2 Gy

62.3%

60.8%

61.6%

1.0%

90.7%

75.8%

83.3%

10.5%

4 Gy

22.6%

24.7%

23.7%

1.5%

55.8%

34.6%

45.2%

15.0%

6 Gy

n.d.

25.6%

19.0%

22.3%

4.7%

8 Gy

5.0%

4.1%

4.6%

0.6%

16.3%

10.4%

13.4%

4.1%

15 Gy

3.4%

0.0%

1.7%

2.4%

2.3%

1.9%

2.1%

0.3%

LN 229

250 cells

500 cells

Mean value

S.D.

100 cells

200 cells

Mean value

S.D.

0 Gy

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

 

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

 

1 Gy

90.5%

90.2%

88.9%

3.1%

109.0%

89.5%

99.5%

16.7%

2 Gy

77.0%

60.3%

67.7%

2.2%

38.8%

45.0%

41.9%

12.7%

4 Gy

20.3%

21.1%

20.6%

0.7%

12.9%

14.1%

13.5%

2.4%

6 Gy

n.d.

1.6%

3.7%

2.6%

1.7%

8 Gy

1.7%

1.7%

1.7%

0.1%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

15 Gy

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

F 98

    

75 cells

100 cells

Mean value

S.D.

0 Gy

n.d.

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

 

1 Gy

    

74.1%

57.4%

65.8%

15.4%

4 Gy

    

33.3%

41.0%

37.2%

7.7%

6 Gy

    

33.3%

28.7%

31.0%

8.8%