title: [Method of differentiation of adult human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell into Schwann-like cells in vitro].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish a method of committedly induced adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells differentiating into schwann' s-like cells in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult human bone marrow mononuclear cells were separated by gradient centrifugation on Percoll(density 1.073 g.ml-1). The cells were incubated in low-glucose DMEM with 10% fetal bovine serum. Cell surface antigenic features were analyzed by flow cytometry technique. Passages 2, 3, 5 and 8 of MSCs were committedly induced to differentiate into Schwann-like cells. S-100, GFAP was detected by immunohistochemistry staining.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mesenchymal stem cells separated by percoll were expanded for more than 16 passages, increased about 6 x 10(7) folds. Flow cytometry results showed that: the CD29+ CD44+ CD34- CD45- cells separated from percoll immediately were 32.47% +/- 3.49%; The CD29+ CD44+ CD34- CD45- cells incubated in DMEM-LG with 10% fetal bovine serum were around 94.38% +/- 1.50%. Immunohistochemistry staining results indicated that induced with beta-ME + bFGF S-100 positive cells were 90% +/- 4%, while about 21% +/- 5% cells expressed GFAP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MSCs in human adult bone marrow are capable of being committedly induced to differentiate into Schwann-like cells in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hematology, Beijing University People's Hospital, 100044, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kaiyan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000166:cytology*