Figure 2.

Flow cytometry analysis and immunofluorescence of CD117⁺CD34⁺ cardiac TCs. (a) As shown by fluorescenceactivated cell sorting, 64% of the cultured cardiac TCs possessed both CD34⁺ and CD117⁺; (b) Laser scanning confocal microscope validated that sorted cultured cells co-expressed markers of cardiac TCs, CD34 and CD117. TC: Telocyte; Tp: Telopode; Bar: 20 μm.