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. 2020 Jun 24;21(12):4490. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124490

Table 1.

Cell characteristics of glioblastoma induction.

Ref. Year Tumor Cell Source of Cells Medium Culture Supplement Cell Modifications
Wu et al. [50] 2019 GL261 Mouse DMEM 10%FBS NA
Sousa et al. [32] 2019 U87-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS; 10 μg/mL Blast Luciferase expression
Clavreul et al. [34] 2018 U87-MG Human DMEM-HG 10%FBS; 1% antibiotics NA
Sun et al. [51] 2017 C6 Rattus norvegicus DMEM 10%FBS; 2 mM Glut; 100 U/mL Pen; 100 mg/mL Strep NA
Séhédic et al. [52] 2017 U87-MG Human DMEM-HG 10%FBS; l-Glut; 10 U/mL Pen; 10 mg/mL Strep; 25 μg/mL Amp-B Expression of CXCR4 and RFP
Lu et al. [53] 2017 U87-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS; 1% Pen/Strep NA
Xu et al. [54] 2016 C6 Rattus norvegicus DMEM-HG FBS NA
Wang et al. [55] 2016 U87-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS Luciferase expression
Lin et al. [56] 2016 U87-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS; 1% antibiotics Luciferase expression
Lin et al. [57] 2016 U87-MG Human MEM 10%FBS; 2 mM l-Glut; 100 U/mL Pen; 100 mg/mL Strep; 1 mM SP; 1 mM NAA Luciferase expression
Kuang et al. [58] 2016 U87-MG Human NR NR Luciferase expression
Hu et al. [59] 2016 U87-MG Human DMEM FBS; Pen/Strep NA
Hu et al. [60] 2016 C6 Rattus norvegicus NR NR NA
Banerjee et al. [61] 2016 C6 Rattus norvegicus DMEM 10%FBS; 1 mM Glut; 100 U/mL Pen; 100 ng/mL Strep NA
Zhang et al. [45] 2015 U251-MG Human MEM-EBSS 10%FBS NA
Feng et al. [62] 2015 U87-MG Human DMEM-HG 10%FBS; 100 U/mL Pen; 100 µg/mL Strep NA
Costa et al. [44] 2015 GL261 Mouse DMEM-HG 10%FBS; 100 U/mL Pen; 100 µg/mL Strep; 100 mM HEPES; 12 mM NaHCO3 NA
Bechet et al. [63] 2015 U87-MG Human NR NR NA
Gao et al. [41] 2014 C6 Rattus norvegicus DMEM-HG FBS Expression RFP
Wojton et al. [64] 2013 U87-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS; 100 U/mL Pen; 10 mg/mL Strep U87ΔEGFR; U87ΔEGFR-Luc
Janic et al. [65] 2012 U251-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS NA
Day et al. [48] 2012 U373-MG Human RPMI 1640 10%FBS; 1% Glut Luciferase expression
Verreault et al. [43] 2011 U251-MG Human DMEM 10%FBS; 1% l-Glut; 1% Pen; 1% Strep NA
Agemy et al. [66] 2011 U87-MG Human DMEM-F12 10%FBS; 1% Glut; 1% Pen; 1% Strep Luciferase expression
005 Mouse DMEM-F12 1%N2; 20 ng/mL FGF-2; 20 ng/mL EGF; 40 μg/mL heparin Luciferase expression
Spheres# Human DMEM-F12 l-Glut; 0.3% Gluc; 50 μg/mL Pen/Strep; 0.1 mg/mL Apo-transf; 20 nM Prog; 30 nM Na2SeO3, 60 μM Put; 25 μM/mL Ins; 3 mM NaHCO3; 10 mM HEPES; 20 ng/mL EGF, 10 ng/mL LIF; 20 ng/mL FGF NA
H-RasV12-shp53 lentivirus NA NA NA Luciferase expression
Ding et al. [67] 2010 U87-MG Human MEM 10% FBS NA
Hekmatara et al. [68] 2009 101/8* Rattus norvegicus NA NA NA
Saito et al. [38] 2006 U87-MG Human MEM 10% FBS; 100 U/mL; 0.1 mg/mL Strep NA

Abbreviations—Ref.: reference; NA: not applicable; NR: not reported; DMEM: Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium; DMEM-HG: DMEM-high glucose; MEM: minimum essential medium; MEM-EBSS: Eagle’s minimum essential medium with Earle’s balanced salts; RPMI 1640: Medium Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640; DMEM-F12: Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium/Nutrient Mixture F-12; FBS: Fetal Bovine Serum; Blast: Blasticidin; Glut: Glutamine; Pen: Penicillin; Strep: Streptomycin; l-Glut: l-Glutamine; Amp-B: Amphotericin-B; SP: Sodium pyruvate; NAA: Nonessential Amino Acids; HEPES: (4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid); NaHCO3: Sodium bicarbonate; EGF: Epidermal Growth Factor; LIF: Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; FGF: Fibroblast Growth Factors; N2: N2 supplement; Gluc: Glucose; Apo-transf: Apo-transferrin; Prog: progesterone; Na2SeO3: Sodium Selenite; Put: putrescine; Ins: Insulin; CXCR4: C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4; RFP: Red Fluorescent Protein; U87ΔEGFR: Normal expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor; U87ΔEGFR-Luc: Normal expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor marked luciferase. Note—*The rat 101/8 glioblastoma is an orthotopic model initially generated by the injection of α-dimethylbenzanthracene (α-DMBA) into the cerebellum of Wistar rats followed by serial transplantation of tumor tissues into the hemisphere of Wistar rats; #Human GBM spheres lines BT37, BT70, and BT7.