Human and rat adult Schwann cell cultures: Fast and efficient enrichment and highly effective non-viral transfection protocol

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Haastert, Kirsten ^a,b   Mauritz, Christina ^a,b   Chaturvedi, Sukhada ^a,b   Grothe, Claudia ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FORSKOLIN; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEOFECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SCHWANN CELL; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FORSKOLIN; HUMANS; RATS; SCHWANN CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34250212753     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.486     Document Type: Article

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