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Table 1 Cell viability

From: Human desmoid fibroblasts: matrix metalloproteinases, their inhibitors and modulation by Toremifene

 

Viable cells

Dead cells

% of dead cells

Normal fibroblasts

1,224,805 ± 56,280

308 ± 26

0.025

Desmoid fibroblasts

1,636,710 ± 84,105*

29 ± 4

0.0017

Desmoid fibroblasts + toremifene

1,393,900 ± 86,400

161 ± 15

0.011

  1. Fibroblasts were cultured for 24 h in MEM containing ethanol with or without toremifene. Number of viable and dead cells/culture after exposure to trypan blue for 15 min. The values are the means ± SD of five cultures. *Significance vs normal fibroblasts: P < 0.01.
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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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