Figure 5.
Effects of TGF-β-Smad2/3 signaling on the differentiation of piPSC-ECs. (A) Detection of secretion levels of TGF-β1 by ELISA. Mean ± SD. n = 4. (B) Detection of expression levels of TGF-β by Western blot. (C) Detection of Smad2/3 phosphorylation levels by Western blot. (D,E) Expression levels of mesoderm marker genes (D) and endothelial marker genes (E) at indicated time points by RT-PCR. Mean ± SD. n = 4. The bars without the same letter are significantly different (p < 0.05). (F) Flow cytometric analysis of CD31-positive cells in different treatment groups on day 12.