… rapid and robust method for the differentiation of highly pure populations of replicative
astrocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), via a neural progenitor cell (NPC) …

… on astrocytes continues, and our understanding of their disease-relevant cellular functions in
… Here, we review the role of astrocytes, compare their in vivo and in vitro differentiation, and …

… astrocyte-derived soluble factors are essential for differentiation of mouse ES cells into neural
stem cells … In cultivation under free-floating conditions in astrocyte-conditioned medium (…

… neural progenitor cells can generate astrocytes during gliogenic … In the present study, we
compared the astrocyte differentiation … -1 differentiate to neuro-epithelial (NE) cells and then to …

… astrocytes in the differentiation of CNS stem cells. Using clonal density cultures of cortical
stem cells, … secreted by neurons and astrocytes markedly promoted differentiation of CNS stem …

… This study increased the efficiency of astrocyte differentiation … differentiation [7] and astrocyte
differentiation [1]. Both NPCs and astrocyte progenitor cells during astrocyte differentiation …

… stem cells. We describe the life cycle of an adult neural stem cell and propose a “disposable
stem cell… age-related increase in astrocytes, the disappearance of hippocampal neural stem …

… of adult astrocytes. … of astrocyte differentiation and maturation, due to biological and technical
challenges, including the high degree of similarity of astrocytes with neural stem cells and …

… In addition to LIF, a number of other signals have been shown recently to promote
astrocyte differentiation from stem cells in culture, although it is not clear yet whether they also …

… of astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) is inefficient and cumbersome. Here,
we report controlled glial differentiation from … and in vitro differentiation. hPSCs were first …