Article
EGF converts transit-amplifying neurogenic precursors in the adult brain into multipotent stem cells.
Neuron - 19 Dec 2002
Doetsch Fiona, Petreanu Leopoldo, Caille Isabelle, Garcia-Verdugo Jose Manuel, Alvarez-Buylla Arturo
Abstract excerpt
Neural stem cells in the subventricular zone (SVZ) continue to generate new neurons in the adult brain. SVZ cells exposed to EGF in culture grow to form neurospheres that are multipotent and self-renewing. We show here that the majority of these EGF-responsive cells are not derived from relatively quiescent stem cells in vivo, but from the highly mitotic, Dlx2(+), transit-amplifying C cells. When exposed to EGF,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
