Routine culture and study of adult human brain cells from neurosurgical specimens.
Nat Protoc
; 17(2): 190-221, 2022 02.
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| ID: mdl-35022619
When modeling disease in the laboratory, it is important to use clinically relevant models. Patient-derived human brain cells grown in vitro to study and test potential treatments provide such a model. Here, we present simple, highly reproducible coordinated procedures that can be used to routinely culture most cell types found in the human brain from single neurosurgically excised brain specimens. The cell types that can be cultured include dissociated cultures of neurons, astrocytes, microglia, pericytes and brain endothelial and neural precursor cells, as well as explant cultures of the leptomeninges, cortical slice cultures and brain tumor cells. The initial setup of cultures takes ~2 h, and the cells are ready for further experiments within days to weeks. The resulting cells can be studied as purified or mixed population cultures, slice cultures and explant-derived cultures. This protocol therefore enables the investigation of human brain cells to facilitate translation of neuroscience research to the clinic.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Células-Madre Neurales
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Guideline
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En
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Nat Protoc
Año:
2022
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Article
País de afiliación:
Nueva Zelanda
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Reino Unido