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=1735840543&Signature=hT52J2OUeNG4-~WwdQA-Oxu2e5B-suERhRvppRGCQEKyBhadU7a16n3ChdqOKNCkd4a7yKwUnRNLVrb1vZHgqoDRRdrW6ciUiGAx6NkW5E7Dke8kOdP6eO3ikwVleBaLvkKClNqFKa1By4BIFWUGe0WgdyIc6GinmhfPM8l3lOpYtHgorQgrqgrraF9ztZwzMqlBBlHzM3vW9vHhHf1d4eoQqytNPgwkt6lLz3JLmhUlGEoV85VxU9JcrSGqN2e8Fx6s8cGgH-RBTELp3AzRRK1QK1ktrbtnCNpC8ulA4Z9XUREQrigg~R1e60cYwMj12NCc3TnMopVvEMxZAUNRAg__&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.
