HUMAN SCHWANN-CELLS - CYTOCHEMICAL, ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES INVIVO AND INVITRO

  • 1 January 1987
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 31  (1) , 33-42
Abstract
Cytochemical, ultrastructural and immunological properties of human Schwann cells were studied in normal adult and foetal nerve sections and in tissue cultures. As specific markers for Schwann cells we used S-100 protein and laminin. The presence of Sudan black-positive, Oil Red-O-negative material was found in Schwann cells in vitro. Structural features, examined at E.M. level, are described. This information may be useful in nerve tissue culture studies, a new tool for the investigation of dyschwannian neuropathies.

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