Table 1.

Phenotype of undifferentiated hESCs and EB-derived cells differentiated in the presence of extrinsic factors for 15 days



% of live (7-AAD-) cells expressing hematopoietic markers
Differentiated hESCs (EBs)
Phenotype
Undifferentiated hESCs
Control
Cytokines
Cytokines + BMP-4
BMP-4
c-Kit+  32.0±9.2*  7.6±1.5   6.3±2.6   9.1±1.6   8.5±1.5  
c-Kit+ CD34+  1.2±0.4*  3.4±0.9   4.1±2.0   7.3±1.5  4.2±1.2  
AC133+  25.0±8.2   25.5±3.2   18.9±4.5   19.9±3.0   27.5±5.9  
AC133+ CD34-
 
24.2±8.1
 
23.3±2.7
 
17.0±4.0
 
16.9±2.3
 
23.8±4.8
 


% of live (7-AAD-) cells expressing hematopoietic markers
Differentiated hESCs (EBs)
Phenotype
Undifferentiated hESCs
Control
Cytokines
Cytokines + BMP-4
BMP-4
c-Kit+  32.0±9.2*  7.6±1.5   6.3±2.6   9.1±1.6   8.5±1.5  
c-Kit+ CD34+  1.2±0.4*  3.4±0.9   4.1±2.0   7.3±1.5  4.2±1.2  
AC133+  25.0±8.2   25.5±3.2   18.9±4.5   19.9±3.0   27.5±5.9  
AC133+ CD34-
 
24.2±8.1
 
23.3±2.7
 
17.0±4.0
 
16.9±2.3
 
23.8±4.8
 

Values represent the means ± SEM from 4-8 independent experiments. BMP-4 indicates bone morphogenetic protein-4

*

Significant (P < .01) difference from differentiated hESCs in all treatment based on the cell surface phenotype specified

Significant difference (P < .01) from all other treatments of differentiated hESCs

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