Research Article

The SR-B1 Receptor as a Potential Target for Treating Glioblastoma

Table 3

IC50 of everolimus (EVR) formulations against glioblastoma cells (LN 229 and U87) and astrocytes.

Cell lineFree-EVR (µM)rHDL-EVR (µM)

LN229>500.27±0.05
U872.91±0.30.92±0.17
Astrocytes4.27±0.8215.1±1.24

Note: a range of concentration of 10 nM to 50 µM of each formulation was used for the cytotoxicity studies.