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9563911

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Mouse neural precursor cells (NPC) were dissociated from fetal heads at the 10th day of gestation. When clumps of NPC were cultured in collagen gel, they grew and reorganized neural tube-like structures in medium containing fetal calf serum at 10% and supplemented with insulin, transferrin, cholera toxin and selenite. However, dissociated NPC died when they were cultured in collagen gel at low density in the same medium. Addition of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) to this culture stimulated growth of NPC and formation of neural tube-like structures. The requirement for FGF-2 disappeared in high seeding density culture: they grew and formed neural tube-like structures without FGF-2. The structures formed in collagen gel were immunohistochemically positive against anti-FGF-2 antibody. The results show that the three-dimensional culture system provides a useful tool to study the roles of FGF-2 in morphogenesis of the central nervous system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0012-1592
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
59-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Morphogenic activity of fibroblast growth factor-2 on primary neural precursor cells in three-dimensional culture.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't