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Genomes and Genes | Steven M PollardSummaryAffiliation: University of Cambridge Country: UK Publications
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Neural stem cells, neurons, and gliaSteven M Pollard
Institute for Stem Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Methods Enzymol 418:151-69. 2006..It also reports on the current status in transfer of these approaches to human ES cells...
Fibroblast growth factor induces a neural stem cell phenotype in foetal forebrain progenitors and during embryonic stem cell differentiationSteven M Pollard
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
Mol Cell Neurosci 38:393-403. 2008..We speculate that the self-renewing NS cell state may be generated in vitro following transcriptional resetting induced by FGF...
Investigating radial glia in vitroSteven M Pollard
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, United Kingdom
Prog Neurobiol 83:53-67. 2007..We discuss how these approaches, together with an ability to expand radial glia-like neural stem (NS) cell lines, may offer unique opportunities in basic and applied neurobiology...
Sox2 and Pax6 maintain the proliferative and developmental potential of gliogenic neural stem cells In vitroSandra Gomez-Lopez
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, United Kingdom
Glia 59:1588-99. 2011..Overall these findings indicate that Sox2 and Pax6 are both critical for self-renewal of differentiation-competent radial glia-like NS cells...
Glioma stem cell lines expanded in adherent culture have tumor-specific phenotypes and are suitable for chemical and genetic screensSteven M Pollard
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK
Cell Stem Cell 4:568-80. 2009..A proof-of-principle live cell imaging-based chemical screen (450 FDA-approved drugs) identifies both differential sensitivities of GNS cells and a common susceptibility to perturbation of serotonin signaling...
Imaging-based chemical screens using normal and glioma-derived neural stem cellsDavide Danovi
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK
Biochem Soc Trans 38:1067-71. 2010..These studies provide a framework for future higher-throughput screens...
Interplay between FGF2 and BMP controls the self-renewal, dormancy and differentiation of rat neural stem cellsYirui Sun
Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB21QR, UK
J Cell Sci 124:1867-77. 2011....
Non-immortalized human neural stem (NS) cells as a scalable platform for cellular assaysLilian Hook
Stem Cell Sciences UK Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Neurochem Int 59:432-44. 2011..Here, we present validation and utility of a human neural lineage-restricted stem cell-based assay platform, including scale-up and automation, genetic engineering and functional characterization of differentiated progeny...
Adherent neural stem (NS) cells from fetal and adult forebrainSteven M Pollard
Centre Development in Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ, UK
Cereb Cortex 16:i112-20. 2006..We also characterize the growth factor requirements for NS cell derivation and self-renewal. We discuss our current understanding of the relationship of NS cell lines to physiological progenitor cells of fetal and adult CNS...
Niche-independent symmetrical self-renewal of a mammalian tissue stem cellLuciano Conti
Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PLoS Biol 3:e283. 2005..These homogenous cultures will enable delineation of molecular mechanisms that define a tissue-specific stem cell and allow direct comparison with pluripotent ES cells...
Zebrafish mutants identify an essential role for laminins in notochord formationMichael J Parsons
Division of Developmental Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
Development 129:3137-46. 2002....
