(ECACC 93021013 human, cervix, epitheloid, carcinoma) were routinely
cultured in tissue culture polystyrene Petri dishes (Greiner Bio-One
International GmbH, Kremsmünster, Austria) placed in a humidified
incubator (37 °C, 5% CO2). The cells were maintained
in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM), supplemented
with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS, Biowest SAS, France), 4 mM
and 100 μg/mL streptomycin solution. On reaching 80% confluence,
the cells were detached every 3–4 days using 0.05% (w/v) trypsin
and 0.02% (w/v) ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) solution and
not used beyond passage 20.6 (link),38 (link) The cell adhesion assay
buffer was prepared by adding 20 mM HEPES to HBSS and adjusted to
pH 7.0 with a 1 mM NaOH.5 (link),30 (link)