Short-term withdrawal of mitogens prior to plating increases neuronal differentiation of human neural precursor cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Schwindt, Telma Tiemi ^a   Motta, Fabiana Louise ^a   Barnabé, Gabriela Filoso ^a   Massant, Cristina Gonçalves ^a   De Oliveira Guimarães, Alessander ^a   Calcagnotto, Maria Elisa ^a   Conceição, Fabio Silva ^b   Pesquero, João Bosco ^a   Rehen, Stevens ^b   Mello, Luiz E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN III; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; NESTIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA TUBULIN III GENE; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGF GENE; FGF 2GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GFAP GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IGF 1 GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NT3 GENE; PDGF ALPHA GENE; PDGF BETA GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84864281717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004642     Document Type: Article

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