Serum-starved HUVECs were incubated with conditioned medium or conditioned medium + VEGF (50 ng/ml) for 15 min. Cell lysates were subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotted with anti-phospho-AKT antibody.Quantification of phospho-AKT normalized to total AKT levels (mean ± s.e.m; n = 4; control vs. Sema3C (− VEGF), *P = 0.034 and control vs. Sema3C (+ VEGF), *P = 0.024 using unpaired Student's t-test). 