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In vitro tube formation assays (original magnification ×100).
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posted on 2017-01-10, 20:45 authored by Ji Hoon Phi, Naoko Suzuki, Youn Joo Moon, Ae Kyung Park, Kyu-Chang Wang, Ji Yeoun Lee, Seung-Ah Choi, Sangjoon Chong, Reizo Shirane, Seung-Ki Kim(A and B) MMD ECFCs (green colored) make fewer tubes per unit area than normal ECFCs (n = 6, 11.9 ± 4.0% of control; p<0.001). MMD SPCs (red colored) also make less number of tubes (n = 6, 51.8 ± 21.5% of control; p<0.001). (C) The tube walls made by MMD ECFCs are thinner (n = 5, 14.4% of control; p< 0.001), but the tube walls composed of MMD SPCs are thicker than those of controls (n = 5, 763.4% of control; p<0.001) (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001).
