Table 4. Changes on lineage marker expression of MPCs cultured for 7 days in epithelial differentiation medium (MIX medium) compared with growth complete medium.
| Marker | Gene | Skin | Lung | Skin | Lung |
| Complete Medium | Complete Medium | MIX Medium | MIX Medium | ||
| constitutive | β-actin | + | + | + | + |
| constitutive | Gadph | + | + | + | + |
| cardiac | gata4 | − | − | − | − |
| cardiac | nkx2.5 | − | − | − | − |
| cardiac | c-actin | − | − | − | − |
| cardiac | cx43 | − | − | − | − |
| cardiac | tropI | − | − | − | − |
| adipocytic | adipsin | − | − | − | − |
| endothelial | vwf | − | − | + | + |
| endothelial | kdr | − | − | + | + |
| endothelial | tek | − | − | − | − |
| endothelial | cdh5 | − | − | − | − |
| endothelial | flt1 | − | − | − | − |
| endothelial | endoglin | − | − | − | − |
| endothelial | esam | − | − | + | + |
| endothelial | notch4 | − | − | − | − |
| smooth muscle | α-sma | − | − | − | − |
| neural | nes | + | + | − | − |
| neural | cdh2 | − | − | − | − |
| epithelial | cdh1 | + | + | − | − |
| epithelial | hey1 | + | + | + | + |
| epithelial | gata2 | + | + | + | + |
| melanocytes | hmb45 | − | − | − | − |
| melanocytes | idct | − | − | − | − |
| skin | cdc42 | + | + | + | + |
| skin | wnt3a | − | − | − | − |
| skin | end3 | − | − | − | − |
The table summarizes the results of RT-PCR analysis shown in Figure 4 (3 independent MPCs clones analyzed from each explant).