Figure 8From: Directed cardiomyogenesis of autologous human induced pluripotent stem cells recruited to infarcted myocardium with bioengineered antibodiesCardiomyogenesis of pluripotent induced stem cells. Differentiation towards myocardial lineage was quantified by measuring levels of gene expression by qRTPCR in human autologous pluripotent induced stem cells (ahiPSCs) (patients C001-C006), human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) (lines H1, H9) – positive control), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) (patients C001-C006) - negative control. In the three time points on the days 1, 5, and 12, the levels of transcripts for: pluripotency genes NANOG (A) and OCT4 (B) decreased, while the levels of transcripts for early myogenesis genes GATA4 (C) and MEF-2c (D) increased. The statistical significance was accepted for P < .05.Back to article page