Fig. 2.
Protein expression changes and epithelial-to-mesenchymal (EMT) markers in neural crest differentiation. (a) Multipotency of generated NCR cells (P5 to P9) was confirmed by its ability to differentiate towards peripheral neuronal lineage (co-expressing BRN3A and MAP2), as well as into (b) adipocyte (stained positive for oil red O), (c) osteocyte (stained positive for alizarin red) and (d) chondrocyte phenotypes (stained positive for alcian blue). (e) Immunoblot analysis comparing the expression of neural stemness (SOX2, ZEB1), EMT (TWIST1, SNAI1, SLUG/SNAI2, HNK1) and NCR and MSC-related proteins (ITGB1/CD29; TFAP2A/AP2α) at neural stem cell (NSC) stage and across different passages of NCR cell culture (NCR P0 to P9)