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Table 2.

Percentage of cells expressing Oct‐4 under various conditions

Treatments % cells expressing Oct‐4 protein
100% DKSFM 0.0 a
1 : 1 DKSFM : uCM 0.0 a
1 : 1 DKSFM : ES‐CM 4.2 ± 0.04 a
50 ng/mL BMP4 0.0 a
100 ng/mL BMP4 4.0 ± 0.30 a
50 ng/mL BMP2 3.7 ± 2.11 b
100 ng/mL BMP2 4.4 ± 2.08 b
50 ng/mL BMP2 +50 ng/mL BMP4 7.9 ± 4.70 a
100 ng/mL BMP2 +100 ng/mL BMP4 8.8 ± 5.77 a
Keratinocyte : ES cell contact co‐culture 1.6 ± 0.02 a
Keratinocyte : ES cell non‐contact co‐culture 4.5 ± 0.04 a

means ± SD, a n = 4, b n = 2. BMP, bone morphogenetic protein; CM, conditioned medium; DKSFM defined keratinocyte‐serum free medium; ES, embryonic stem; Oct‐4, octamer‐4; uCM, unconditioned medium.