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. 2007 Sep 17;111(1):122–131. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-04-084186

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Inhibition of canonical Wnt signaling reduces hematogenic endothelium cell population. (A) Evaluation of control- and DKK1-conditioned medium in 293 cells (left) and hESCs (right) transfected with a β-catenin–responsive reporter system as a measure of Wnt activity. (B-E) hESCs were differentiated by stromal cell coculture in control medium (○) or medium containing dickkopf1 (DKK1) (■). Results from cocultures with S17 and M210B4 stromal cells were combined for the analysis (n = 3 experiments). Cells were analyzed by flow cytometry for presence of (B) CD34+, (C) CD34+CD31+, (D) CD34+Flk1+, and (E) CD31+Flk1+ cells over a time course of differentiation. Error bars indicate plus or minus SEM of 3 independent experiments. (F) Effect of DKK1 on formation of more committed hematopoietic progenitors was evaluated by flow cytometry for presence of CD34+CD45+ cells (n = 1 experiment). (G) Development of CFCs was evaluated for hESC-derived cells cultured with M210 stromal cells in control medium (Inline graphic) or DKK1-conditioned medium (Inline graphic) for the indicated number of days (n = 1 experiment). ***P < .001; **P < .01; *P < .05.