Fig. 1: Clinically relevant oncology combination screen (CROCS) on primary MPM patient samples using HTDBP to identify hits. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Clinically relevant oncology combination screen (CROCS) on primary MPM patient samples using HTDBP to identify hits.

From: Dynamic BH3 profiling identifies pro-apoptotic drug combinations for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Fig. 1

Fresh primary MPM patient samples were dissociated, treated with CROCS and HTDBP carried out. Cells were analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy and Z-score was calculated to identify drug/drug combinations that prime tumor cells. a Schematic showing the workflow for measuring drug-induced priming using HTDBP on primary MPM patient samples. Created with BioRender.com. b Graphs show mean Z-score for each drug treatment (carried out in duplicate), for each primary MPM patient sample (MPS). Each individual dot represents a different drug treatment (single agent or drug-drug combination). A red dot represents a hit with a Z-score ≥ 3 with no replicate <1.5. Black dots are non-hits. c Graph showing the mean Z-score correlation between two tumor samples from the same patient (MPS:L and MPS:M) using one-tailed Spearman ranked test (p value = <0.0001). MPS:L is a tumor from the 7th rib and MPS:M is a pleural tumor. d Venn diagram showing the overlap between the CROCS HTDBP hits (red dots in part b) for MPS:L and MPS:M.

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