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. 2017 Aug 1;15(6):267–279. doi: 10.1089/adt.2017.786

Table 4.

Assay Quality Control—Angiogenesis Assays

    Interplate reproducibilitya Interday reproducibilitya %CV of negative controlsb   Z′-factorb
Metric Cells Gelc Hydrod Gel Hydro Gel Hydro Chemicals Gel Hydro
Total tube length HUVEC S: 0.70 (<0.0001) S: 0.81 (<0.0001) S: 0.72 (<0.0001) S: 0.75 (<0.0001) 12 6.6 Nocoe 0.35 0.67
P: 0.66 (<0.0001) P: 0.88 (<0.0001) P: 0.86 (<0.0001) P: 0.86 (<0.0001) Suraminf −0.46 −2.8
iPSC-Endog S: 0.61 (<0.0001) S: 0.35 (0.0024) S: 0.55 (<0.0001) S: 0.37 (0.0016) 15 28 Noco −1.5 −0.31
P: 0.70 (<0.0001) P: 0.56 (<0.0001) P: 0.63 (<0.0001) P: 0.59 (<0.0001) Suramin 0.49 −5.7
Mean tube length HUVEC S: 0.82 (<0.0001) S: 0.64 (<0.0001) S: 0.80 (<0.0001) S: 0.57 (<0.0001) 6.1 2.7 Noco −0.011 −0.66
P: 0.80 (<0.0001) P: 0.80 (<0.0001) P: 0.84 (<0.0001) P: 0.75 (<0.0001) Suramin −1.5 −2.0
iPSC-Endog S: 0.72 (<0.0001) S: 0.40 (0.0004) S: 0.75 (<0.0001) S: 0.65 (<0.0001) 14 4.3 Noco −7.0 −0.58
P: 0.84 (<0.0001) P: 0.61 (<0.0001) P: 0.83 (<0.0001) P: 0.76 (<0.0001) Suramin −3.4 −77
Total tube area HUVEC S: 0.56 (<0.0001) S: 0.81 (<0.0001) S: 0.70 (<0.0001) S: 0.71 (<0.0001) 14 7.1 Noco 0.44 0.65
P: 0.54 (<0.0001) P: 0.86 (<0.0001) P: 0.83 (<0.0001) P: 0.80 (<0.0001) Suramin −0.35 −3.9
iPSC-Endog S: 0.61 (<0.0001) S: 0.38 (0.001) S: 0.53 (<0.0001) S: 0.56 (<0.0001) 15 31 Noco −1.9 −0.42
P: 0.71 (<0.0001) P: 0.55 (<0.0001) P: 0.63 (<0.0001) P: 0.71 (<0.0001) Suramin 0.51 −7.0

aS: Spearman's ρ, P: Pearson's r. Correlation analysis sample size ranged from n = 60–72. P values provided below correlation values.

bSample size ranges from n = 18–36.

cGel: Geltrex™.

dHydro: SP-105 hydrogel.

eNoco: 100 nM nocodazole.

fSuramin: 50 μM suramin.

giPSC-Endo: iCell endothelial cells from Cellular Dynamics International.

 Plots of the data used to calculate Z′-factors shown in this table are included as Supplementary Figure S2.