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. 2026 Mar 20;17:1750375. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1750375

TABLE 2.

Breast cancer subtypes classified by ER, PR, HER2, and Ki-67 expression.

Subtype Cell line Origin Research purpose Sensitivity data
Luminal A T47D Human (ER+, PR+) Hormone receptor response (Yu et al., 2017) 1–3 mM (24 h): Viability↓(Liu H et al., 2021)
MCF-7 Human (ER+, PR+) Treatment response (Moon et al., 2020) ≥1 mM (4–24 h), the IC50 = 4.5 ± 0.26 mM (Chang et al., 2014)
Luminal B BT-474 Human (ER+, PR+, HER2+) HER2-targeted therapy (Lasfargues et al., 1979) 1–3 mM (24 h): Viability↓(Liu H et al., 2021)
HER2(+) AU565 Human (HER2+, HER3+, HER4+) HER2 mechanisms (Schrörs, 2020) 0.3 mM (24 h): Early viability↓(Liu H et al., 2021)
Basal like MDA-MB-231 Human (TNBC) Metastasis mechanisms (Tseng et al., 2017) 1–10 mM (4 h) Dose-dependent ↓(Jiang et al., 2016)
MDA-MB-468 Human (TNBC; EGFR+) Chemoresistance (Tseng et al., 2017) 1–3 mM (24 h), Viability ↓ (Liu H et al., 2021)
4T1 Mouse (TNBC-like) In vivo metastasis & immunity (Schrörs, 2020) 1.5–2 mg/kg/h, Reduced lung burden (Freeman et al., 2019)

Abbreviations: ER, Estrogen Receptor; PR, Progesterone Receptor; HER2, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2; TNBC, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer; IC 50, half-maximal inhibitory concentration.