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. 2015 Jul 30;6:7858. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8858

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(a) Schematic of the microvessel system in collagen gels. (b) Schematics of the different microvessel geometries: straight vessel, grid network, tortuous vessels, stenosed vessels and geometries using fonts or symbols. (c) Endothelial cells from a vessel that forms a large straight channel. Note the abundant VWF in Weibel–Palade bodies. Red: CD31, green: VWF and blue: nuclei. (d) z-projection of confocal sections of endothelialized grid microvessel networks and its cross-sectional view (right panel). (e) z-projection of confocal sections of endothelialized tortuous microvessels and cross-sectional views (bottom). Red: CD31 and blue: nuclei. Number of replicates for each type of vessel >10.