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Br J Ophthalmol 83:961-966 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.8.961
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    • Laboratory science

Effect of the cytostatic agent idarubicin on fibroblasts of the human Tenon’s capsule compared with mitomycin C

Table 1

Effect of idarubicin concentration on proliferation of human Tenon’s capsule fibroblasts. Cells of two different patients were treated in triplicate with idarubicin at concentrations ranging from 0.01 μg/ml to 20 μg/ml for 5 minutes and counted at day 2, 5, 7, and 10 after exposure. Data represent the cell count per well ×104 (mean of 6 samples (SD))

Idarubicin concentration (μg/ml) Days after exposure
2 5 7 10
0 5.5 (0.8) 5.5 (0.6) 7.8 (2.8) 13.0 (0.6)
0.01 4.7 (2.3) 5.4 (0.6) 7.4 (0.8) 13.6 (1.9)
0.03 4.1 (1.1) 5.1 (1.0) 7.9 (2.5) 10.8 (1.0)
0.1 2.5 (0.7) 3.3 (1.2) 3.7 (1.9) 6.6 (3.6)
0.3 1.8 (0.3) 2.0 (0.2) 1.9 (0.5) 2.6 (2.0)
1 1.8 (0) 1.4 (0.7) 1.2 (0.5) 1.6 (0.6)
2.5 2.1 (0.9) 0.9 (0) 0.8 (0.1) 0.7 (0.2)
5 1.6 (0.2) 0.6 (0.4) 0.9 (0) 0.6 (0)
10 1.0 (0) 0.6 (0.1) 0.2 (0) 0.4 (0)
20 0.6 (0.2) 0.4 (0.2) 0.3 (0.3) 0.4 (0.2)

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