Primary, human fetal brain-derived, multipotential progenitor cells proliferate in vitro while maintaining the capacity to differentiate into neurons and astrocytes. This work shows that neural progenitors can be induced to differentiate through stages of the oligodendrocytic lineage by conditioning with select growth factors.
Monaco, M. C. G., Maric, D., Bandeian, A., Leibovitch, E., Yang, W., Major, E. O. Progenitor-derived Oligodendrocyte Culture System from Human Fetal Brain. J. Vis. Exp. (70), e4274, doi:10.3791/4274 (2012).