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Table 1 Medium conditions for mono- and cocultures

From: An improved 3D tetraculture system mimicking the cellular organisation at the alveolar barrier to study the potential toxic effects of particles on the lung

Monocultures

Cell Line

Medium

Serum

Supplements

A549

Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM)

10% (v/v) Fetal Bovine Serum Gold

 

THP- 1

Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640

25 mM HEPES; 50 μM β-mercaptoethanol

HMC- 1

Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium (IMDM)

25 mM HEPES; 1,2 mM α-thioglycerol

EA. hy 926

Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM)

25 mM HEPES

Tetraculture

75% HEPES-buffered DMEM; 15% RPMI; 10% IMDM

10% (respectively 1%) (v/v) Fetal Bovine Serum Gold

25 mM HEPES

  1. Unless further mentioned, mono- and cocultures were handled in the absence of antibiotic agents. All media contained Glutamax instead of L-glutamine.