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. 2024 Jun 8;15:81. doi: 10.1186/s40104-024-01039-y

Table 4.

Culture conditions for the isolated mammary epithelial cells from mammary gland and milk

Species Basal media Serum Antibiotics Hormones Other additives References
Buffalo DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) Penicillin (100 U/mL), streptomycin (5 µg/mL), amphotericin (50 ng/mL) INS (5 µg/mL), CORT (1 µg/mL), EGF (10 ng/mL), PRL (5 µg/mL) Transferrin (1 µg/mL) [45]
Caprine DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) Penicillin (100 U/mL), streptomycin (100 µg/mL) INS (10 µg/mL), CORT (5 µg/mL) Sodium bicarbonate (2.2 mg/mL), sodium acetate (5 mmol/L), holo-transferrin (5 µg/mL), ethanolamine (0.5 mmol/L), [46]
Dairy cow DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) INS (5 µg/mL), P4 (5 µg/mL), CORT (1 µmol/L), EGF (10 ng/mL), E2 (5 µg/mL) Transferrin (5 µg/mL) [47]
Dairy cow DMEM/F12 FCS (10%) Penicillin (1%), streptomycin (1%) INS (5 µg/mL), CORT (1 µg/mL), EGF (10 ng/mL), PRL (5 µg/mL) Transferrin (5 µg/mL), glutamine (1%) [48]
Dairy cow DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) Penicillin/streptomycin (1%) EGF (1%) [49]
Dairy cow DMEM/F12 FBS (20%) Penicillin/streptomycin (50 IU/mL), amphotericin B (2.5 µg/mL) INS (1 µg/mL) [50]
Dairy cow DMEM/F12, INS (5 mg/mL) FCS (10%) Penicillin/streptomycin (100 µg/mL), gentamycin (100 µg/mL), amphotericin B (5 µg/mL) Transferrin (5 mg/mL), sodium selenite (5 µg/mL) [51]
Dairy cow DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) Amphotericin B (1.76 µg/mL) INS (10 µg/mL), CORT (1 µg/mL), Transferrin (5 µg/mL), sodium selenite (5 ng/mL) [52, 53]
Goat DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) Penicillin/streptomycin (100 IU/mL) ITS (5 ng/mL), IGF-1 (10 ng/mL), EGF (10 ng/mL) [54]
Human DMEM/F12 FBS (5%) INS (5 µg/mL), CORT (0.4 µg/mL), EGF (10 ng/mL) Cholera toxin (8.4 ng/mL), adenine (24 µg/mL), Y-27632 (10 µmol/L) [55]
Porcine DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) INS (0.5 µg/mL), CORT (1 µg/mL), PRL (0–2 µg/mL) [56]
Yak DMEM/F12 FBS (10%) Penicillin (100 IU/mL), streptomycin (5 µg/mL) ITS (5 µg/ML), EGF (5 ng/mL), CORT (1 µg/mL), P4 (5 µg/mL) [57]

CORT Cortisol, DMEM/F12 Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium/F-12 Nutrient Mixture Ham, E2 17β-estradiol, EGF Epidermal growth factor, FBS Fetal bovine serum, FCS Fetal calf serum, IGF-1 Insulin growth factor-1, INS Insulin, ITS Insulin-transferrin-selenium, P4 Progesterone, PRL Prolactin