Fig. 2From: Estrogen and soy isoflavonoids decrease sensitivity of medulloblastoma and central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor cells to chemotherapeutic cytotoxicityThe effects of E2 exposure on lomustine and vincristine cytotoxicity in D283 Med cells. Initial range finding concentration response analysis of the cytotoxic effects of a lomustine (IC50 = 12 μM) and b vincristine (IC50 = 1.5 nM) on D283 Med in a clonogenic assay of cell survival. c Quantification of surviving colony numbers from clonogenic assays of D283 Med cells exposed to 10, 20, or 40 μM lomustine with or without 10 nM E2 (n = 6 for each group). d Quantification of colony number from clonogenic assays of D283 Med cells exposed to 5, 10, or 20 nM vincristine with or without 10 nM E2 (n = 8 for each group). All results are expressed as mean ± SEM. Significant differences from the control group were determined by two-way ANOVA followed by Holm-Sidak’s post-test analysis and is indicated above the error bars; * p ≤ .05Back to article page