DIFFERENTIATION AND EXPANSION OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND THE IN VITRO FORMATION OF VASCULATURE LIKE STRUCTURES

摘要

The invention is concerned among others with means and methods for obtaining endothelial cells and to means and methods for in vitro cell culture comprising endothelial cells and pericytes and/or smooth muscle cells derived from said pericytes. The endothelial cells or the pericytes and/or smooth muscle cells, or both are preferably derived from in vitro differentiated pluripotent stem cells.