hPDLSCs were seeded at 80 × 103/well in 6-well plates in basal medium alone or in the presence of 3D-COL, 3D-COL/CM, 3D-COL/EVs or 3D-COL/PEI-EVs. After 28 days in culture, cells were harvested and proteins were collected from 3D-COL/hPDLSCs, 3D-COL/hPDLSCs/CM, 3D-COL/hPDLSCs/EVs and 3D-COL/hPDLSCs/PEI-EVs samples (40 μg/sample). The western blot procedure was performed as previously reported (Ballerini et al., 2017 (link)). VEGFA (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; 1:1000) and VEGFR2 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; 1:1000) were used as primary antibody. β-Actin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; 1:750) was used to assess the uniform protein loading (Libro et al., 2016 (link)). Bands were analyzed by the ECL method using Alliance 2.7 (UVItec Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom). Protein bands were quantified with a computer program (ImageJ software). Entire blots were visible in Supplementary Figure S1.
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