A novel technique to isolate adult Schwann cells for an artificial nerve conduit

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Komiyama, Takatsugu ^a   Nakao, Yasushi ^b   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^b   Asou, Hiroaki ^c   Vacanti, Charles A ^a   Vacanti, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial nerve conduit; Bottenstein Sato medium; Fetal bovine serum; Fibroblast; Macrophage; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0037472839     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00320-5     Document Type: Article

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