NGF primed spleen cells injected in brain of developing rats differentiate into mast cells.
The aim of this work was to study the topographic distribution and the morphological behaviour of nerve growth factor (NGF) primed spleen cells injected into the lateral ventricles of developing rat brain. Serial coronal brain sections showed that these transplanted cells acquire phenotypical characteristics similar to those of mast cells (MCs) and that they enhance local neovascularization. These results, together with the observation that these cells are located in proximity to the hippocampus, a brain tissue which contains one of the highest levels of NGF, provide a model for studying the relationship between NGF and MC differentiation and secretion.
Aloe
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Institute of Cell Biology, C.N.R., Rome, Italy.
De Simone
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D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000494:pharmacology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000637:transplantation
D003580:Cytochromes; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors