A novel three-dimensional culture system for isolation and clonal propagation of neural stem cells using a thermo-reversible gelation polymer

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-623

  Yang, Xin Zhi ^a   Kataoka, Ken ^a   Medina, Reinhold ^a   Yamamoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Than, Swe Swe ^a   Miyazaki, Masahiro ^b   Huh, Nam Ho ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Gakuin University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; COAGULATION; GELATION; GELS; POLYMERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

CLONAL EXPANSION; CLONAL PROPAGATION; CULTURE SYSTEMS; EXPRESSED GENES; GEL-SOL TRANSITIONS; IN-VITRO; INERT POLYMERS; MOUSE BRAIN; NEURAL STEM CELL; OLIGODENDROCYTES; PRIMARY CULTURE; SUSPENSION CULTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CULTURE SYSTEM;

CELL CULTURE;

NESTIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; GELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 72249083521     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0516     Document Type: Article

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