Human embryonic kidney 293T and 293A cells (
HEK-293T and
HEK-293A, respectively; ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA) and human cervical adenocarcinoma cells expressing a tetracycline-inducible repressor (
HeLa Tet-Off; Clontech, Mountain View, CA, USA) were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium (
DMEM; Gibco, Carlsbad, CA, USA) supplemented with 10%
heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Gibco), 100 U/ml
penicillin, 100 μg/ml
streptomycin, and 2 mM
l-glutamine (Gibco). Pooled human umbilical vein endothelial cells (
HUVECs; Lonza, Basel, Switzerland) were cultured in endothelial cell growth medium 2 (EGM-2; Lonza). For HUVEC passaging, tissue culture plates were precoated for 30 min at 37°C with 0.1% (wt/vol)
porcine gelatin (Sigma, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) in 1× phosphate-buffered saline (PBS; Gibco). All cells were routinely tested for mycoplasma by PCR method.
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