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. 2013 Feb 28;8(2):e57430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057430

Figure 3. Effects of CD44 overexpression on trans-endothelial migration and spreading in vitro.

Figure 3

(A, B) Trans-endothelial migration of actin eGFP CD44-NPCs (+) and control NPCs (-); quantification was performed using immunofluorescence for (A) eGFP or (B) c-myc. In response to SDF1α cells overexpressing CD44 migrate 2 fold more compared to control cells (experiments made in triplicate). (C, D) Spreading of NPCs in vitro on laminin: the number and length of filopodia are increased. (E, F) CD44 overexpressing cells are more elongated and spread than control NPCs. (* = p<0.5; ** = p<0.01, *** = p<0.01). (G) Immunocytochemistry for actin illustrating filopodia (arrowheads) in control-NPCs (Gi, Gii) and CD44-NPCs (Giii, Giv).