title: [The cultivation and migration in vitro of olfactory ensheathing cells from human olfactory mucosa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the bionomics of the olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) of human olfactory mucosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  To separate and cultivate the OECs of human and rat olfactory mucosa. To observe the cell growth, cell grouping and cell migration in vitro of the two types of OECs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successfully separated and cultivated the OECs of human and rat olfactory mucosa. OECs of the human and rat olfactory mucosa had the similar cell growth, cell grouping and cell migration ability in vitro.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OECs of the human and rat olfactory mucosa have the similar bionomics in vitro, as a result, OECs of the human olfactory mucosa could be a reliable source of cell transplant for nerve injury.
authors.forename: Qiubei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Huanhai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Juntian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Shuwei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats