Trastuzumab,
pertuzumab, and
Trastuzumab emtansine were purchased from Roche (Basel, Switzerland).
Cetuximab and
nivolumab were obtained from Bristol-Myers Squibb (New York, NY, USA).
Pembrolizumab was provided by Merck & Co. (Kenilworth, NJ, USA). An anti-Ki-67 antibody (
ab16667) was purchased from Abcam (Cambridge, UK).
Seventy-eight anticancer agents were tested in this study (
Table S1). All compounds were dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide at a concentration of 20 mM and stored at −80 °C until use. The purity and integrity of the compounds were measured via
ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, USA), using a 1-µL injection volume, as follows. A Waters CORTECS C
18 column (particle size: 1.6 µm; column size: 2.1 × 50 mm; Waters Corporation) was developed with a linear aqueous acetonitrile (MeCN) gradient containing a 0.1% formic acid (5–90% MeCN, 1.6 min; flow rate, 1 mL/min), separation was performed at 40 °C, and the components of the major ultraviolet (UV) adsorption peaks were verified by mass spectrometry (
Table S1).
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were obtained from Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical, Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA).
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