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SUBMITTER: Hafner M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4887336 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hafner Marc M Niepel Mario M Chung Mirra M Sorger Peter K PK
Nature methods 20160502 6
Drug sensitivity and resistance are conventionally quantified by IC50 or Emax values, but these metrics are highly sensitive to the number of divisions taking place over the course of a response assay. The dependency of IC50 and Emax on division rate creates artefactual correlations between genotype and drug sensitivity, while obscuring valuable biological insights and interfering with biomarker discovery. We derive alternative small molecule drug-response metrics that are insensitive to divisio ...[more]