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Simulated microgravity conditions enhance differentiation of cultured PC12 cells towards the neuroendocrine phenotype.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal - 1 Apr 1998
Lelkes P I, Galvan D L, Hayman G T, Goodwin T J, Chatman D Y, Cherian S, Garcia R M, Unsworth B R
Abstract excerpt
We are studying microenvironmental cues which contribute to neuroendocrine organ assembly and tissue-specific differentiation. As our in vitro model, we cultured rat adrenal medullary PC12 pheochromocytoma cells in a novel cell culture system, the NASA rotating wall vessel (RWV) bioreactors. This "simulated microgravity" environment in RWV bioreactors, characterized by randomizing gravitational vectors and...
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