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. 2011 Aug 24;6(8):e24013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024013

Table 1. Summary of morphological, self-renewal and vasculogenic properties of cardiac progenitor cell clones.

Clone Morphology Last Passage # Lineage differentiation Vasculogenic index SDF-1 Levels pg/ml
Cardiac Smooth muscle Endo-thelial
CL1D small/round 48 + + 17.80 19.09
CL3 flat/spindle 23 + + + 9.11 12.85
CL6 small/round 10 + + + ND ND
CL7 flat/spindle 49 + + ND ND
CL11B stellate 60 + + + 23.96 157.82
CL13 flat/spindle 38 + + 14.50 59.40
CL17 stellate 15 + + + 21.92 131.57
CL19 small/round 17 + + + ND ND
CL20 small/round 15 + + + 5.90 29.96
CL20B small/round 50 + + + 7.91 37.50
CL22 stellate 15 + + + 19.40 202.61
CL23 small/round 15 + + + 18.19 54.12
CL25 stellate 11 + + + ND ND
CL27 flat/spindle 14 + + + ND ND
CL30C1 flat 54 + + + 1.97 15.82
CL32 small/round 15 + + + 16.80 45.06
CL42A1 stellate 41 + + + 9.82 84.91

Morphology was assessed by light microscopy and immunocytology. Last passage number: maximum number of passages to date. Vasculogenic index: length x number of tubes formed per high power field in Matrigel at 5 hours. SDF-1 levels were determined by ELISA (see Methods).