Effects of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (aFGF, bFGF) on glial precursor cell proliferation: Age dependency and brain region specificity

A glial progenitor cell that develops in vitro into an astrocyte or an oligodendrocyte depending on culture medium

1983 • 2,009 citations

THE HEPARIN-BINDING (FIBROBLAST) GROWTH FACTOR FAMILY OF PROTEINS

1989 • 1,948 citations

Monoclonal antibody to a plasma membrane antigen of neurons.

1979 • 965 citations

Two types of astrocytes in cultures of developing rat white matter: differences in morphology, surface gangliosides, and growth characteristics

1983 • 758 citations

A role for platelet-derived growth factor in normal gliogenesis in the central nervous system

1988 • 756 citations

Fibroblast growth factor promotes survival of dissociated hippocampal neurons and enhances neurite extension.

1986 • 741 citations

Primary structure of bovine pituitary basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and comparison with the amino-terminal sequence of bovine brain acidic FGF.

1985 • 710 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor supports the survival of cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture.

1986 • 696 citations

FGF modulates the PDGF-driven pathway of oligodendrocyte development

1990 • 586 citations

Cooperation between two growth factors promotes extended self-renewal and inhibits differentiation of oligodendrocyte-type-2 astrocyte (O-2A) progenitor cells.

1990 • 573 citations

Interleukin-1 is an astroglial growth factor in the developing brain

1988 • 442 citations

Glial cell lineage in the cerebral cortex: A review and synthesis

1991 • 407 citations

Recovery of Mitogenic Activity of a Growth Factor Mutant with a Nuclear Translocation Sequence

1990 • 373 citations

Insulin‐like growth factor I promotes cell proliferation and oligodendroglial commitment in rat glial progenitor cells developing in vitro

1988 • 361 citations

Basic and acidic fibroblast growth factors interact with the same cell surface receptors.

1986 • 340 citations

Brain basic fibroblast growth factor stimulates the proliferation of rat neuronal precursor cells in vitro

1987 • 336 citations

Fibroblast growth factor: Structural and biological properties

1987 • 334 citations

Neurotrophic protein S100 beta stimulates glial cell proliferation.

1991 • 326 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor promotes the survival and development of mesencephalic neurons in culture

1989 • 318 citations

The neurotrophic effects of fibroblast growth factors on dopaminergic neurons in vitro are mediated by mesencephalic glia [published erratum appears in J Neurosci 1992 Mar;12(3):685]

1991 • 310 citations

Expression of FGF receptor gene in rat development

1991 • 264 citations

Fibroblast growth factor stimulates the proliferation and differentiation of neural precursor cells in vitro

1990 • 257 citations

Type-2 astrocyte development in rat brain cultures is initiated by a CNTF like protein produced by type-1 astrocytes

1988 • 249 citations

Fibroblast growth factors stimulate nerve growth factor synthesis and secretion by astrocytes

1991 • 245 citations

Two glial cell lineages diverge prenatally in rat optic nerve

1984 • 232 citations

Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) stimulates DNA synthesis in fetal rat brain cell cultures

1983 • 230 citations

Fibroblast growth factor is a mitogen for oligodendrocytes in vitro

1985 • 227 citations

Cortical radial glia: identification in tissue culture and evidence for their transformation to astrocytes

1990 • 218 citations

Alternating phases of FGF receptor and NGF receptor expression in the developing chicken nervous system

1990 • 212 citations

Epidermal growth factor binding and mitogenic activity on purified populations of cells from the central nervous system

1982 • 206 citations

Characterization of cultured rat oligodendrocytes proliferating in a serum-free, chemically defined medium.

1985 • 205 citations

Epidermal growth factor stimulates DNA-synthesis of astrocytes in primary cerebellar cultures

1981 • 197 citations

Heparin potentiates the action of acidic fibroblast growth factor by prolonging its biological half‐life

1989 • 181 citations

Conditioned media derived from glial cell lines promote survival and differentiation of dopaminergic neurons in vitro: Role of mesencephalic glia

1991 • 151 citations

Mitogens for glial cells: a comparison of the response of cultured astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and schwann cells

1981 • 137 citations

Developmental expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein mRNA in the rat brain analyzed by in situ hybridization

1990 • 125 citations

Division of astroblasts and oligodendroblasts in postnatal rodent brain: Evidence for separate astrocyte and oligodendrocyte lineages

1991 • 120 citations

Developmental and regional expression of basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA in the rat central nervous system

1990 • 115 citations

Expression of acidic fibroblast growth factor mRNA in the developing and adult rat brain

1991 • 113 citations

Effect of epidermal growth factor and insulin on DNA, RNA, and cytoskeletal protein labeling in primary rat astroglial cell cultures

1988 • 82 citations

Points of controversy in the O‐2A lineage: Clocks and type‐2 astrocytes

1991 • 71 citations

Trophic effects of basic fibroblast growth factor on fetal rat hypothalamic cells: interactions with insulin-like growth factor I

1990 • 69 citations

Comparison of the morphological effects of acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors on rat astroblasts in culture

1988 • 63 citations

Establishment of pure neuronal cultures from fetal rat spinal cord and proliferation of the neuronal precursor cells in the presence of fibroblast growth factor

1991 • 57 citations

Recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor (rhbFGF) induces secretion of nerve growth factor (NGF) in cultured rat astroglial cells

1991 • 33 citations

Simple method for the culture of glial cells from embryonic rat brain: Implications for regional heterogeneity and the radial glial lineage

1988 • 18 citations