For immunostaining, hiPSCs cultured in 24-well plates were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and stained with primary antibodies against Nanog (ab21624, Abcam), human nuclei (MAB1281, EMD Millipore), Sox2 (sc-17320, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), Oct-3/4(sc-5279, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), SSEA4 (ab16287, Abcam), TRA-1-81 (MAB4381, EMD Millipore), and TRA-1-60 (MAB4360, EMD Millipore). The secondary antibodies were IgG conjugated with Alexa Fluor 488 or Alexa Fluor 594 (Life Technologies). Nuclei were stained with DAPI. Images were taken with a Leica epifluorescence microscope, a Keyence BZ-9000E fluorescence microscope, or a Leica confocal imaging system.