Table 1 Fluorescence Polarization of Methylene Blue in Cells. N is the number of the cells.

From: Fluorescence Polarization of Methylene Blue as a Quantitative Marker of Breast Cancer at the Cellular Level

Cell Line

0.05 mg/ml MB concentration

0.01 mg/ml MB concentration

MB Fluorescence Polarization of the Cells

MDA-MB-231

24.91 × 10-2 ± 0.15 × 10-2 (N = 103)

25.09 × 10-2 ± 0.15 × 10-2 (N = 117)

MDA-MB-157

25.16 × 10-2 ± 0.14 × 10-2 (N = 105)

25.02 × 10-2 ± 0.13 × 10-2 (N = 100)

MCF-12A

22.29 × 10-2 ± 0.14 × 10-2 (N = 103)

22.05 × 10-2 ± 0.16 × 10-2 (N = 113)

MCF-10A

20.88 × 10-2 ± 0.12 × 10-2 (N = 104)

21.68 × 10-2 ± 0.17 × 10-2 (N = 111)

MB Fluorescence Polarization of the Cells Excluding Nuclei

MDA-MB-231

23.89 × 10-2 ± 0.13 × 10-2 (N = 103)

24.77 × 10-2 ± 0.12 × 10-2 (N = 117)

MDA-MB-157

24.24 × 10-2 ± 0.13 × 10-2 (N = 105)

24.90 × 10-2 ± 0.10 × 10-2 (N = 100)

MCF-12A

21.06 × 10-2 ± 0.13 × 10-2 (N = 103)

21.34 × 10-2 ± 0.12 × 10-2 (N = 113)

MCF-10A

20.21 × 10-2 ± 0.11 × 10-2 (N = 104)

21.01 × 10-2 ± 0.13 × 10-2 (N = 111)

MB Fluorescence Polarization of the Cell Nuclei

MDA-MB-231

25.37 × 10-2 ± 0.11 × 10-2 (N = 103)

25.54 × 10-2 ± 0.10 × 10-2 (N = 117)

MDA-MB-157

25.43 × 10-2 ± 0.11 × 10-2 (N = 105)

25.28 × 10-2 ± 0.09 × 10-2 (N = 100)

MCF-12A

23.52 × 10-2 ± 0.11 × 10-2 (N = 103)

24.35 × 10-2 ± 0.11 × 10-2 (N = 113)

MCF-10A

22.33 × 10-2 ± 0.10 × 10-2 (N = 104)

23.48 × 10-2 ± 0.12 × 10-2 (N = 111)