Fig. 5.
![Fig. 5. Immunofluorescence images of ECs cultured on OP9 without exogenous factors. / (A-I) In the absence of exogenous factors, sheetlike clusters were formed. ECs were polygonal and VE-cadherin, γ-catenins, and PECAM-1 were colocalized at stringlike cell-cell junctions (ZO1–VE-cadherin [VECD-1], panels A-B; γ-catenins–VE-cadherin [VECD-1], panels D-E; PECAM-1–VE-cadherin [VECD-1], panels G-H). Distributions of adhesion molecules were compared in merged images (panels C, F, I). Scale bar, 20 μm.](https://ash.silverchair-cdn.com/ash/content_public/journal/blood/101/4/10.1182_blood-2002-05-1329/3/h80433817005.jpeg?Expires=1724242658&Signature=uam5orKIkDIlZfOeFoUnUdBWW1CsCngvYs~WzVOBa0jwbMkX11n-LEaHEueI3TK~wBNE2PW9JNN3EiRQQLTLjTlaiTeLucyjsE-EgZmPi84d~WD5CMKbs2o99jGBEuf757NXQLMLAGnQTSWx-Nf~C5-L8-~qQ77f2a6jNtT8t8yp6ZrLkHl1ptalzA4UGnvHMa419t1rj3Ryot~IhspQHLk6XospT9GQrWcXEaQiQ8htxbqPJ19mJ6wx8R7E86dQi28s650-CQ~LHBwrA-W-DhLi8qNm4vH6VvtkkMIzSZ1fNnKbbiQbxwORnBv~kVlHVf7n47~8L51RYReUHmQ0Og__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
Immunofluorescence images of ECs cultured on OP9 without exogenous factors.
(A-I) In the absence of exogenous factors, sheetlike clusters were formed. ECs were polygonal and VE-cadherin, γ-catenins, and PECAM-1 were colocalized at stringlike cell-cell junctions (ZO1–VE-cadherin [VECD-1], panels A-B; γ-catenins–VE-cadherin [VECD-1], panels D-E; PECAM-1–VE-cadherin [VECD-1], panels G-H). Distributions of adhesion molecules were compared in merged images (panels C, F, I). Scale bar, 20 μm.
