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Table 1 Compositions of the media used for culturing SH-SY5Y cells

From: The SH-SY5Y cell line in Parkinson’s disease research: a systematic review

Basal media

Supplements - serum

Supplements - others

Name

#articles

Name

#articles

Name

#articles

DMEM

434

10% FBS

770

Antibiotics/antimycotics

631

DMEM/F12

230

15% FBS

70

MEM/F12

68

5% FBS

33

Glutamine/GlutaMAX

230

DMEM (high glucose)

46

20% FBS

3

RPMI 1640

37

None

2

NEAA

94

Cosmedium-001

21

Others

14

Sodium pyruvate

61

MEM

20

Unknown

70

  

Other

36

    

Unknown

70

    
  1. The table is divided into three parts (basal media, serum supplement and other supplements) and the number of papers involved is indicated (#articles). The Additional file 2 contains a more detailed description of all media and supplements used. Unknown refers to the articles that do not specify media composition. DMEM: Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium; F12: nutrient mixture F12, MEM: Minimum Essential Media; FBS: fetal bovine serum; NEAA: non-essential amino acids