Figure 5.
PS‐CM and PDC‐CM screening for paracrine and signaling molecules. (A): Representative profile of PS‐CM analyzed by protein array. A selection of growth factors, chemokines, and cytokines of interest is highlighted in the panel. A complete list of factors screened by the assay is presented in supplemental online Table 2. Differential analysis of conditioned media from PSs and PDCs revealed a distinctive modulation in the secretion profile of a subset of cytokines. PS/PDC ratios are plotted in (B), direct level comparison is shown in (C). Factors in plots are listed based on decreasing PS/PDC ratio. Abbreviations: O.D., optical density; PDC, pneumosphere‐derived cell; PDC‐CM, pneumosphere‐derived cell‐conditioned medium; PS, pneumosphere; PS‐CM, pneumosphere‐conditioned medium.