Mouse ES cell–derived cardiac precursor cells are multipotent and facilitate identification of novel cardiac genes
J. Clin. Invest. Nicolas Christoforou, et al. 118:894 doi:10.1172/JCI33942 [
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Figure 3Differentiation capacity of mES cell–derived CPCs. mES cell–derived GFP
+ CPCs differentiate into cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle cells, and endothelial cells. Cells were dissociated and FACS sorted on differentiation day 6. Following overnight suspension/aggregation cell culture, the CPC aggregates were plated under 3 different conditions and allowed to differentiate for 7 days in culture. Differentiated CPCs stained positive for α-Actinin (Actn1;
A and
B), Troponin-I (Tnni3;
C and
D), SMA (Acta2;
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F), and vWf (
G and
H; all red). Cells were also stained with phalloidin (f-Actin; green) and DAPI (nuclei; blue). Scale bars: 50μm.
