Cells had been transplanted subcutaneously in CB-seventeen SCID mice for 8 weeks. The teratoma and tissues symbolizing 3 germ levels, neural epithelium (ectoderm), muscle (mesoderm) and gut epithelium (endoderm), are indicated by arrows. Scale bars, 100 mm

Furthermore, the Western blotting assay verified that the amount of phosphorylated STAT3, which is a transcription issue downstream of LIF sign pathway, was drastically diminished in piPS clones upon LIF…