Figure 5

Maintenance of human induced pluripotent stem cells on an hE-cad-Fc surface. (A) Morphology of human iPS cell clones (2a, 3a and 6a) on surfaces coated with Matrigel or hE-cad-Fc. Scale bar indicates 100 μm. (B) Characterization of teratomas from iPS cells (clone 2a) cultured on an hE-cad-Fc-coated surface. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of teratomas showed the differentiation into various tissues, including immature neuroblastic tissue with neuronal rosettes (a), striated muscle (b), and columnar epithelium (c). Bar indicates 100 μm.