Lineage Potency of FS Cells and Responsiveness to Differentiation Cues
(A) Neural differentiation assayed by quantification of Sox1::GFP-positive cells. Error bars represent SD from 4 independent experiments.
(B) Immunostaining of FS cells and EpiSCs during neural differentiation; DAPI in white. Scale bars, 100 μm.
(C) Lateral plate mesoderm differentiation and representative quantifications of the Flk1+Ecad− fractions by flow cytometry.
(D) Average efficiency of Flk1-positive cell production from FS cells and EpiSCs. n, independent cell lines assayed. Error bars represent the SD. ∗∗p < 0.01.
(E) Definitive endoderm differentiation protocol and representative quantifications of the Cxcr4+Ecad+ fraction.
(F) Average proportion of Cxcr4+Ecad+ double-positive cells from differentiation of FS and EpiSC lines. Error bars represent SD; ∗p < 0.05.
(G) T expression analyzed by qRT-PCR 6 h and 24 h after transfer into N2B27 medium with the indicated supplements; 2 μM XAV939, 20 ng/ml activin A, 10 ng/ml BMP2, 12.5 ng/ml Fgf2, and 3μM CH. Relative expression is normalized to GAPDH. Error bars are SD from two independent cell lines and two technical replicates.