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. 2015 Oct 16;10(10):e0140740. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140740

Table 4. Intensity ratios of FVIII to VWF measured along EC-secreted VWF strings.

String FVIII VWF FVIII to VWF
Lengths, μm (String #s) Mean Intensity Mean Intensity Intensity Ratio (range)
GMVECs 60× 8–51 (45) 78.4 ± 35.2 83 ± 41.9 1.13 ± 0.6 a (0.23–2.7)
GMVECs 100× 4–27 (23) 79.6 ± 46.6 61.7 ± 33.3 1.4 ± 0.6 b (0.47–3.1)
HUVECs 60× 15–84 (15) 59.8 ± 60.2 91.4 ± 27.7 0.67 ± 0.6 (0.17–2.3)
HUVECs 100× 17–51 (14) 40.6 ± 16 75.5 ± 20.6 0.6 ± 0.3 (0.24–1.3)

Histamine-stimulated GMVECs and HUVECs were stained with rabbit anti-human VWF plus chicken anti-rabbit IgG AF-488, followed by staining with mouse FVIII plus goat anti-mouse IgG AF-647. Intensity values from the 488-nm and the 647-nm channels were measured along merged images of the EC-secreted and anchored ULVWF strings. Data (means ± SD) were collected from 4 HUVEC and 11 GMVEC experiments.

aIndicates P = 0.01 compared to HUVEC values at 60×

bIndicates P = <0.001 compared to HUVEC values at 100×