estrogen and MCF-7 proliferation assay - (Oct/17/2004 )
Im doing a cell proliferation assay using MCF-7 cells and estradiol.  I've already done 2, which worked pretty darn well   , but they used 1nM of E2.  now, i have to use the amount of E2 that produces the most cell proliferation....  my supervisor suggested 100nM.... but i've seen a paper that said an amount that high might cause cell death.  i can't quote that paper because it uses other drugs involved in that assay.  i'm under the impression, that the max rate is achieved at 10nM...  but i don't know where this is written.
can someone please tell me if this is the right amount.... and where i can get the reference from?
thanks heaps
vetticus
why not try both concentrations ?
THANKYOU!!!!  
i'm actually going to do a dose dependent study on estrogen.  using several concentrations, 5,10, 15 etc.  probably up to 50.
thanks for the idea.
