Purification of astrocytes from adult human optic nerve heads by immunopanning

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-76

  Yang, Ping ^a   Hernandez, M Rosario ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Explants culture; Human optic nerve head

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CELL ANTIBODY; CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NESTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN A2B5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CLONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PLATING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURIFICATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0242569638     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(03)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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