Figure 6.
Chemotherapeutic sensitivity and expression of cancer stem cell markers in CRC constructs. Collagen-only constructs and LX2 co-cultures, as indicated, were exposed to various chemotherapeutics for 72 hours, and the expression of Caspase3 (measured as percent of all cells) (a) and Ki67 (measured as percent of control) was analyzed (b). CD44 and CD133 expression was quantified in collagen-only construct and LX2 co-culture samples, as indicated, (c) using IHC (d). Graphs represent mean + s.e.m. of three regions of interest from each sample of experiments performed in triplicate or greater.