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The aim of the study was to assess the pluripotential central nervous system (CNS) progenitor cells that give rise to the many differentiated neuronal and glial cell types of the adult mammalian brain and the role of peptide growth factors such as the epidermal growth factor (EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). The action of these factors is crucial to the survival and ultimate differentiation of these CNS progenitor cells. However, the precise role of EGF and bFGF in the time course of cellular development, the acquisition of cell type specificity, and possible differential mitogenic behavior has not been clearly defined.
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