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. 2021 Jun 3;11:11695. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91203-5

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Spheroid culture of iPSC derived motor neuron progenitors accelerates transcription of developmental and mature mRNAs. (a) Motor neuron progenitors cultured as 3D spheroids for 7, 14 and 21 days positive for Olig-2, HB-9, SMI-32 and Tuj-1. (b) Motor neuron progenitor cells cultured in monolayer for 2, 7, 14 and 21 days positive for SMI-32. (c) mRNA gene expression for neuronal stem cell marker PAX6, (d) progenitor marker OLIG2, (e) motor neuron marker ISLET1, (f) mature motor neuron marker SMI32 and (g) proliferative marker MKI67. Blue bars = Monolayer (2D), Red bars = Spheroid (3D). Data presented ± standard deviation (SD). *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, and ***P ≤ 0.001. Scale bars = 200 µm.