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Table 2 Adult stem cells strategies for human endothelial cell derivation

From: Strategies for derivation of endothelial lineages from human stem cells

Study

Cell line

Induction system

Purification method

Culture milieu

Induction period (days)

Efficiency

Positive control

In vitro analysis

In vivo analysis

Medium

Growth factors

Other special factors

EC markers analyzed

Application/functional assessment

Zhang et al. [103]

DPSCs

In vivo differentiation system

No

No

No

No

4 weeks

No

HDMEC

Protein analysis for cd31

No

Blood vessel formation in mice

Joddar et al. [83]

BMMSCs

Co-culture system (with fixed ECs/with EC matrix)

No

EBM-2

No

No

7 days

About 70% out of total cells

No

Protein analysis for CD31

No

No

Lozito et al. [84]

BMMSCs

Co-culture system (direct MSC-EC co-culture/indirect MSC-EC co-Culture/with EC matrix)

DiI-labeled FACS sorting

EGM-2-MV

VEGF

–

10 days

No

No

Gene analysis for PECAM

Protein analysis for PECAM

Tube formation on Matrigel

No

Gong et al. [107]

SHED

Co-culture system (with EC matrix)

No

EGM-2-MV

VEGF

–

14 days

No

No

Gene analysis for CD31, VEGFR2, VWF

Tube formation on Matrigel

No

Oswald, J. et al. [85]

BMMSCs

Growth factor system

No

DMEM

VEGF

–

7 days

Not clear

No

Protein analysis for KDR, VE-cad, Flt1, vWF

Tube formation on Matrigel

No

Lloyd-Griffith et al. [115]

AFSCs

Growth factor system

No

EndoGroTM-VEGF complete media

VEGF

hFGF

EGF

et al.

–

14 days

No

HUVECs

Gene analysis for CD31, VEGFR2, VWF, Angiopoietin 1

Protein analysis for CD31;

In vitro Matrigel sprouting assay

LDL uptake assay

No

Xu et al. [116]

SHED/DPSCs

Growth factor system

No

EGM

VEGF

SB-431542

14 days

No

No

Gene analysis for VEGFR1, VEGFR2, CD31, Tie-2, EphrinB2

Protein analysis for CD31, VEGFR2

In vitro Matrigel sprouting assay

Matrigel plug assay

Yuan et al. [86]

hMSCs

Mechanical stimuli system

No

DMEM

bFGF

No

7 days

No

No

Protein analysis for CD31, VE-cadherin, vWF

No

No

Wu et al. [119]

PDMCs

Mechanical stimuli system

No

EGM

VEGF

No

4 days

No

No

Gene analysis for Flt-1, Flk-1, vWF, PECAM-1

Protein analysis for vWF, PECAM-1

LDL uptake assay Tube formation on Matrigel

No