The murine mesodermal endothelial progenitor cell line T17b was cultured and differentiated according to established protocols [24 (link),30 (link)]. Briefly, T17b EPCs were seeded onto cell culture flasks coated with bovine skin gelatin type B (Sigma-Aldrich, Schnelldorf, Germany). For cell cultivation, high glucose DMEM GlutaMAX® (Gibco/Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) was used containing 20% fetal calf serum (Biochrom), 100 U/mL penicillin (Biochrom), 100 µg/mL streptomycin (Biochrom), 1 mM nonessential amino acids (Gibco), 2 mM HEPES buffer pH 7.5 (Gibco) and 0.1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol (Gibco). By supplementing 0.5 mM dibutyryl cyclic AMP and 1 µM all-trans retinoic acid (Sigma-Aldrich), endothelial differentiation was induced.
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