Fig. 5. AO media is superior to other media on the growth of lung tumoroids (PDTs) and normal lung organoids (PDOs).
a Shown are bright-field lignant effusion of lung cancer with acquired resincluding ones from three different laboratories (Kim-Jang, Shi-Tsao and Endo-Inoue) as indicated. Representative images of the PDTs/PDOs in each medium at the passage number indicated in c are shown. Scale bar, 200 μm. b The growth of the tumoroids/organoids was quantified as described in Fig. 4b. Data are shown as mean ± SD. c Passage numbers of the PDTs and PDOs in the indicated media are assessed to determine the best culturing conditions. We noted that advanced DMEM/F12 slowed the growth of PDT-LUAD#5 though it was passaged over ten times (depicted as *).