Fetal bovine serum (FBS), Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium (DMEM), phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, pH 7.4), penicillin, streptomycin, and trypsin-EDTA were purchased from Gibco (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCFH-DA) were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). Sambucus nigra lectin (SNA) labeled with fluoresceinIsothiocyanate (FITC) FITC and Maackia amurensis lectin I (MAL-I) were purchased from Vector labs (Burlingame, CA, USA).
Anhydrous dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and vitamin C (VC) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). ROSup was purchased from Beyotime (Shanghai, China).