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. 2008 May 28;5(4):567–578. doi: 10.1021/mp700106w

Table 2. Comparison of Transfection Efficiencies for Octa-Amino C60 Compound III and Dodeca-Amino C60 Compound IV at R = 4.2 and R = 16.8 for NIH 3T3 Cells, HEK 293 Cells and MSCs under Serum-Free Transfection Conditionsa.

  transfection efficiencies (%)
cell line studied at distinct R-values III/DNA IV/DNA
NIH 3T3 (R = 4.2) 0.37 ± 0.21 0.42 ± 0.18
NIH 3T3 (R = 16.8) 28.33 ± 4.94 31.33 ± 4.24
HEK 293 (R = 4.2) 0.54 ± 0.08 0.60 ± 0.10
HEK 293 (R = 16.8) 7.66 ± 0.22 10.05 ± 0.03
MSC (R = 4.2) 0.09 ± 0.03 0.39 ± 0.03
MSC (R = 16.8) 0.05 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.02
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Transfection efficiency values are presented as a quotient of GFP (+) cells relative to the total viable cells present in the transfected sample well as measured by flow cytometry. [10,000 events were counted for each sample.]