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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-26
pubmed:abstractText
The ability to culture cells from the human nervous system provides new insight into the pathophysiology of neurological diseases and could be crucial to the development of gene replacement therapies and neural transplantation. We report that the proliferation of human Schwann cells isolated from paediatric and adult nerves is sustained in vitro by recombinant glial growth factor. Agents that increase intracellular cyclic cAMP were also mitogenic towards Schwann cells but suppress growth of contaminating fibroblasts. As the lifespan of highly enriched cultures can be extended for up to twelve population doublings, large numbers of cells can be generated from nerve biopsies.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification and expansion of human Schwann cells in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't