HUVECs were suspended in conditioned medium with VEGF (25 ng/ml) and plated on Matrigel. Branch points of the capillary-like network were counted after 18 h. n = 4 independent experiments; scale bar, 200 μm. Control vs. Sema3C, *P = 0.0375 and control vs. Sema3CΔ13, *P = 0.0162. 