Journal: Cell Death & Disease

Article Title: FLI1 and PKC co-activation promote highly efficient differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into endothelial-like cells

doi: 10.1038/s41419-017-0162-9

Figure Lengend Snippet: FLI1 and PKC co-activation mediated hESCs differentiation into iECs a Schematic illustration of the EC differentiation strategy from hESCs. b Typical morphological images of hESC-EC differentiation on days of 0, 1, 2, and 3. Scale bar, 100 μm. c The ratio of CD31+/CD144+ cells gradually increased during induction. Columns represent the mean ± SD; n = 5 independent differentiation experiments. d Representative results of the percentage of CD31+/CD144+ cells during the induction process detected by FCM. e Overexpression of FLI1 and activation of PKC in different hESC lines (hESC-254 or hESC-137) induced iECs. f Overexpressing FLI1 with different PKC activators (PMA or prostratin) yielded iECs. g Expression levels of VEGF , GATA2 , CD31 and CD144 genes in hESCs, human fibroblasts (HFs), iECs and EPCs. Columns represent the mean ± SD; n = 5 independent differentiation experiments

Article Snippet: After 3 days, supplements were changed with 50 ng ml−1 VEGF-A (96-100-20-10, PEPROTECH).

Techniques: Activation Assay, Over Expression, Expressing