Serum-free mouse embryo (SFME) cells, derived in medium in which serum is replaced with
growth factors and other supplements, display distinctive properties:(i) SFME cells do not …

Serum-free mouse embryo (SFME) cells express Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP), a
specific marker of the astrocyte lineage, when treated with either Transforming Growth …

A hormonally defined culture medium is described which supports survival and proliferation
of astroglia from primary cultures of early postnatal mouse cerebellum. This medium consists …

Serum‐free mouse embryo (SFME) cells derived in a defined serum‐free medium have
been cultured for more than 200 generations and display properties of neural progenitor …

Neuroepithelial progenitor cells from forebrains of newborn rat pups develop into “mature”
astrocytes in an epidermal growth factor-containing medium free of serum (Von Visger et al …

The effects of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the morphology and the expression of
glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and glutamine synthetase (GS) in cultured astrocytes …

The putative neurotrophic effects of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) were tested on
embryonic hypothalamic neurons in dissociated cell culture. Basic FGF dramatically …

The serum-free mouse embryo (SFME) cell line, derived in serum-free medium from 16-day-
old mouse embryos, exhibits unique properties. SFME cells grow indefinitely in culture …

Glial fibrillary acidic (GFA) protein was demonstrated by immunofluorescence in both
primary and long-term cultures of adult human brain cells explanted from normal, neoplastic …

Astrocyte‐enriched cultures were established upon passaging of primary cultures from the
myelencephalon and mesencephalon of 7–9‐week‐old human embryos …