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. 2025 Jan 7;42(1):93–108. doi: 10.1007/s11095-024-03806-y

Table II.

Cellular Attributes Measured to Assess Cytotoxicity and Definition of Abnormality Threshold Used in the Data Analysis

# Attributes Definition of the abnormality threshold
1 % non-adherent cells (Mean cell number in well of untreated cells – mean cell number of wells with treated cells) / mean cell number in well of untreated cells) * 100
2 Elevated mitochondrial activity Single-cell fluorescence intensity (FI) of the mitochondrial activity stain in the treatment group is > 2 SD of the mean FI of the untreated population
3 Reduced mitochondrial activity Single-cell FI of the mitochondrial activity stain in the treatment group is < 2 SD of the mean FI of the untreated population
4 Elevated membrane permeability Single-cell FI of the membrane integrity stain in the treatment group is > 2 SD of the mean FI of the untreated population
5 Abnormal nuclear area Single-cell area of the nuclear stain in the treatment group is either > or < 2 SD of the mean nuclear area of the untreated population
6 Elevated cellular area Single-cell area of the cytoplasm stain in the treatment group is either > 2 SD of the mean cellular area of the untreated population
7 Polynucleated cells (Mean number of polynucleated cells in untreated cells –number of polynucleated cells in well of treated cells) / mean number of polynucleated cells in untreated cells) * 100
8 Elevated vacuole area Single-cell area of the non-stained cytoplasm (vacuole space) in the treatment group > 2 SD of the area of the non-stained cytoplasm (vacuole space) of the untreated population
9 Elevated neutral lipids Single-cell FI of the neutral lipid stain in the treatment group is > 2 SD of the mean FI of the untreated population
10 Elevated phospholipids Single-cell FI of the phospholipid stain in the treatment group is > 2 SD of the mean FI of the untreated population