Figure S1. Effect of MSCs on platelet adhesion and aggregation under shear flow conditions. To assess effect of MSCs on platelet activation under shear flow conditions, we performed microfluidic experiments using a pneumatically driven channel system (BioFlux, San Francisco, CA, USA) mounted on an inverted microscope capable of live cell reflectance interference contrast microscopy (RICM) as described previously [31]. Briefly, channels were coated with 10 μg/cm2 fibronectin (from human plasma F2006; Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). The coated channels were filled with 300 μl of native whole blood with and without 1.5 × 105 BM-MSCs upon hematocrit adjustment and perfused with a constant shear stress of 5 dyne/cm2. At indicated points in time, RICM photographs of channel footprints were taken and analyzed by counting the number of adherent/aggregated platelets. BM-MSCs n = 3. (TIF 1135 kb
