(e) Both chloroquine and E64d-PepA treatments increase the percentage of MBd+ cells in hRPE-1 cells and HeLa cells (chloroquine, P=0.0021 and P=0.0187, respectively; E64d-PepA, P=0.0022 and P=0.0043, respectively; n=3 for all experiments). In contrast, lysosomal inhibition has no detectable effect on hESCs (H1, H9) or MCF-7 cancer cells. DMSO, dimethylsulphoxide. Data are presented as mean±s.d. (c-e), except mean±s.e.m. in hESCs (e). 