Abstract
In this overview attention is given to available markers and methods for characterizing cell elements in a culture system. Primary cultures from newborn rat cerebral hemispheres were grown for 14 days. The population of cells was dominated by astrocytic glial cells (60-70%), but cells with properties of macrophages, endothelial-like cells, mesenchymal-like cells, ependymal-like cells, and oligoblasts were also found. Neither mature neurons nor oligodendroglial cells were observed. The enrichment in astroglial-like cells makes the cultures a satisfactory astroglial-cell model, at least for some purposes.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Aging
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Animals
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Animals, Newborn
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Astrocytes / cytology
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Brain / cytology*
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Bucladesine / pharmacology
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Cell Division
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Cells, Cultured*
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Culture Media
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Cytological Techniques
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Endothelium / cytology
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Ependyma / cytology
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Fetal Blood
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Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
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Immunologic Techniques
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Intermediate Filament Proteins / analysis
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Macrophages / cytology
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Mesoderm / cytology
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Myelin Basic Protein / analysis
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Neurons / cytology
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Oligodendroglia / cytology
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Proteins / analysis
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Rats
Substances
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Culture Media
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Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
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Intermediate Filament Proteins
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Myelin Basic Protein
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Proteins
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Bucladesine