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Table 2 The CIs at 90% effect level of the drug combinations

From: Synergistic effects of combining proteasome inhibitors with chemotherapeutic drugs in lung cancer cells

Therapeutic drug

Inhibitor

Cell line

Cell line sensitivity to therapeutic drug

CI at 90% effect level

Effect

Cisplatin

Bortezomib

NCI-H23

Sensitive

1.30

Moderate antagonism

  

U-2020

Resistant

0.61

Synergism

 

b-AP15

NCI-H23

Sensitive

0.41

Synergism

  

U-2020

Resistant

0.72

Moderate synergism

Gefitinib

Bortezomib

U-2020

Sensitive

ND

ND

  

NCI-H23

Resistant

0.37

Synergism

 

b-AP15

U-2020

Sensitive

ND

ND

  

NCI-H23

Resistant

ND

ND

Gemcitabine

Bortezomib

NCI-H23

Sensitive

0.32

Synergism

  

U-1752

Resistant

0.28

Strong synergism

 

b-AP15

NCI-H23

Sensitive

ND

ND

  

U-1752

Resistant

0.56

Synergism

Vinorelbine

Bortezomib

NCI-H23

Sensitive

0.94

Nearly additive

  

U-2020

Resistant

0.38

Synergism

 

b-AP15

NCI-H23

Sensitive

0.63

Synergism

  

U-2020

Resistant

0.55

Synergism

  1. ND not determinable due to poor curve fit by the CalcuSyn software