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Adult rat bone marrow stromal cells differentiate into Schwann cell-like cells in vitro.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal - 1 Jan 2000
Lin WeiWei, Chen Xue, Wang XiaoDong, Liu Jie, Gu XiaoSong
Abstract excerpt
Bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) have the capability of differentiating into mesenchymal and non-mesenchymal lineages. In this study, MSCs isolated from adult Sprague-Dawley rats were cultured to proliferation, followed by in vitro induction under specific conditions. The results demonstrated that MSCs were transdifferentiated into cells with the Schwann cell (SC) phenotypes according to their morphology and...
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