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. 2017 Oct 30;10:348. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00348

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Reprogramming of iNSCs from UCs and comparison of a successful iPSC reprogramming and an unsuccessful iPSC reprogramming. (A) The morphology of iNSCs derived from UCs. The upper panel shows the UC-derived iPSCs and iNSCs (UiNSCs) reprogrammed at the same time and the UiNSCs after single-colony replating. Scale bar: 100 μm. The middle panel shows higher-magnification images of iPSCs and iNSCs and the neural rosette of iNSCs. Scale bar: 200 μm. The lower panel shows the morphology comparison between iNSCs and iPSCs. Scale bar: 100 μm. (B) Immunofluorescent staining of iNSC markers SOX2, NESTIN, OLIG2, and PAX6, with nuclear DAPI counter-staining. Scale bar: 100 μm. (C) Compared with a successful iPSC reprogramming in the right panel, the left image shows that the UCs underwent shape transformation but were not fully reprogrammed. Some cells had semi-shape transformation (not round) and the clone cells were loosely attached to each other. Scale bar: 200 μm.