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. 2018 Jun 4;8:8514. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26936-x

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Cell-based activity assay of erythropoietin (EPO). (A) Growth curves of UT-7 (DSMZ-No. ACC-137) cell-line supplemented with cell-free synthesized EPO (continuous line), cell-free no-template-control (NTC, grey-dashed line), NTC + GM-CSF (dash-dot line) and commercially available hEPO (Sigma-Aldrich, #H5166-10 UG, dotted line). The concentration of cell-free produced EPO was adjusted according to the total protein concentration determined by TCA-precipitation. EPO as well as commercially purchased hEPO induced cell-growth within 4 days of cultivation. The NTC lead to a continuous decrease of living cells. (B) Analysis of UT-7 cells by light microscopy. Cells were visualized after four days of cultivation.