Clonal isolation of endothelial colony-forming cells from early gestation chorionic villi of human placenta for fetal tissue regeneration

Figure 4 Chorionic villus endothelial colony-forming cells have endothelial functions. A: Representative phase-contrast images of chorionic villus endothelial colony-forming cells (CV-ECFCs), cord blood-derived ECFCs (CB-ECFCs) tube formation assay, and quantification of junction numbers and total branch lengths. There is no difference between CV-ECFCs and CB-ECFCs; B: Representative images for Dil-Ac-LDL uptake by CV-ECFCs and CB-ECFCs. There is no difference in their respective uptake rates. Data are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 3, Scale bar = 100 µm.