Endothelial cells were differentiated as previously described
76 (link) with minor changes. hESCs were plated on
Geltrex (ThermoFisher (Gibco), A1413302) coated plates in TeSR-E8TM media (StemCell Technologies, 05990) with 1 μM
Rock inhibitor (Y-27632, Selleckchem, S1049). Two days later (d0), cells were collected and reseeded onto non-treated culture dishes coated with 1 μg cm
−1 Vitronectin (StemCell Technologies, 07180) at a density of 100,000 cells per cm
2 in TeSR-E8 medium supplemented with 5 ng ml
−1 BMP4 (R&D, 314-BP-050/CF), 25 ng ml
−1 Activin A (R&D, 338-AC-050/CF) and 1 μM
CHIR99021 (PeproTech, 2520691) for 2 d. At d2, the media were switched to TeSRTM-E7TM media (StemCell Technologies, 05914) supplemented with 50 ng ml
−1 VEGF-A (Peprotech, 100-20), 50 ng ml
−1 BMP4 (R&D, 314-BP-050/CF) and 5 μM
SB431542 (ReproCell, 04-0010-05) for another 4–5 d. Final differentiated cells were stained with antibodies against CD31 (Pe-Cy7; Biolegend,303118) and CD144 (PE; Biolegend, 138009).
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