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. 2018 Aug 14;8:12155. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30615-2

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mfn1 knockdown inhibits neural differentiation of iPSCs. (ac) Cells were infected with lentiviruses containing a vector encoding shRNA directed against Mfn1 or scrambled sequence shRNA (control) for 24 h. Infected cells were selected using puromycin (1 μg/ml) for 24 h and cultured for an additional 72 h before neural differentiation. (a) The expression of OTX2 (day 2) was examined with real-time PCR. (b) The expression of PAX6 (day 4) was observed by immunocytochemistry using anti-PAX6 antibodies. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI. PAX6 positive nuclei were counted using the ImageJ software. Bar = 100 μm. (c) The expression of Nestin (day 8) was examined with real-time PCR. Each bar represents the mean ± SD from three independent experiments. *P < 0.05.