Table 2.

Standard conditions allowing efficient terminal differentiation of human erythroblasts in serum-free StemSpan medium


Factor

Concentration
Efficient terminal differentiation  
    Erythropoietin   10 U/mL  
    Insulin   4 × 10-4 IE/mL  
    Human transferrin (iron saturated)   1 mg/mL  
    ZK-112993 (glucocorticoid antagonist)   3 μM  
    T3  1 μM  
    Human serum (commercial; Sigma)   3%  
Factors without any effect  
    Cholesterol-rich lipid mix (Sigma)   20-100 μg/mL  
    TGF-β   1-25 pg  
    Activin   1-25 pg  
    Fetal chicken serum   10%  
    Chicken serum   5%-10%  
    Human anemic serum   2%-10%  
    Human cord blood serum   2%-10%  
    Dihydrotestosterone   1 μM  
    Progesterone   1 μM  
    Estrogen   1 μM  
    LY (PI-3-K inhibitor)   1 μM  
    Fibronectin-coated plates   20 μg/mL  
    Cpa (androgen antagonist)
 
1 μM
 

Factor

Concentration
Efficient terminal differentiation  
    Erythropoietin   10 U/mL  
    Insulin   4 × 10-4 IE/mL  
    Human transferrin (iron saturated)   1 mg/mL  
    ZK-112993 (glucocorticoid antagonist)   3 μM  
    T3  1 μM  
    Human serum (commercial; Sigma)   3%  
Factors without any effect  
    Cholesterol-rich lipid mix (Sigma)   20-100 μg/mL  
    TGF-β   1-25 pg  
    Activin   1-25 pg  
    Fetal chicken serum   10%  
    Chicken serum   5%-10%  
    Human anemic serum   2%-10%  
    Human cord blood serum   2%-10%  
    Dihydrotestosterone   1 μM  
    Progesterone   1 μM  
    Estrogen   1 μM  
    LY (PI-3-K inhibitor)   1 μM  
    Fibronectin-coated plates   20 μg/mL  
    Cpa (androgen antagonist)
 
1 μM
 

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