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Comparative Study
. 2006 Oct 2;17(14):1519-23.
doi: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000234747.73312.e7.

Astrocytogenesis of embryonic stem-cell-derived neural stem cells: Default differentiation

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Comparative Study

Astrocytogenesis of embryonic stem-cell-derived neural stem cells: Default differentiation

Takashi Nakayama et al. Neuroreport. .

Abstract

Neural stem cells differentiate from embryonic stem cells via formation of neural stem spheres under free-floating conditions in astrocyte-conditioned medium. Subsequent culture of neural stem spheres on an adhesive substrate with fibroblast growth factor-2 promotes the migration of neural stem cells onto the substrate, resulting in an increase in the number of cells. These embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cells can be differentiated almost exclusively into astrocytes by withdrawing fibroblast growth factor-2 from the medium without any additional instructions.

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