Figure 2. hPLG as a support for culture of ECFCs.
(A) ECFC morphology was confirmed by immunofluorescence for specific endothelial markers CD31 and vWF on collagen-coated plastic and hPLG. Total RNA was extracted after 24 h of ECFCs seeding on collagen-coated plastic and hPLG. Expression of endothelial (B) and pro-angiogenic (C) marker genes was assessed by RT-qPCR. The 2−ΔΔCt analysis method was used to analyze the data with GAPDH used as normaliser. Data show mean ± SEM and are representative of three independent experiments. Statistical significance was tested using Mann-Whitney U-test (*P ≤ 0.05).