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. 2021 Jun 8;16(6):e0252822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252822

Table 2. IC50 values for 5-fluorouracil, paclitaxel, and doxorubicin for wild-type and tamoxifen-resistant sublines.

Cell line Chemotherapeutic agents
5-fluorouracil Paclitaxel Doxorubicin
IC50 (μM)* RR ratio** IC50 (μM)* RR ratio** IC50 (μM)* RR ratio**
wt-MCF7 566.7 ±164.9 - 2.7 ±0.3 - 303.3 ±68.4 -
MCF7/T 37.0 ±2.9 0.07 2.4 ±0.3 0.88 89.3 ±15.1 0.29
wt-T47D 1.6 ±0.2 - 0.9 ±0.1 - 30.0 ±2.1 -
T47D/T 1.3 ±0.2 0.81 1.0 ±0.1 1.1 38.8 ±2.4 1.29
wt-BT474 4.3 ±1.0 - 3.7 ±0.2 - 85.3 ±10.1 -
BT474/T 5.4 ±1.0 1.26 3.3 ±0.4 0.89 73.3 ±4.7 0.88

IC50: half-maximal inhibitory concentration

* mean ± standard deviation

**Relative resistance ratio = IC50 of anticancer drug-resistant cells/IC50 of wild-type cells