Effect of growth factors on the in vitro growth and differentiation of early and late passage C6 glioma cells

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 409-417

  Goya, Luis ^a,b   Feng, Pei Ti ^a   Aliabadi, Samira ^a   Timiras, Paola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

C6 glioma cells; Differentiation factors; Glutamine synthetase; In vitro C6 glioma growth; In vitro glioma differentiation

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIFFERENTIATION INDUCING FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE; INSULIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; GLIOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 0030198811     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(96)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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