Glia-Induced Morphological Differentiation in Neuroblastoma Cells

  1. Denis Monard,
  2. Frank Solomon,
  3. Magda Rentsch, and
  4. Reinhard Gysin
  1. Friedrich Miescher-Institut, P.O. Box 273, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

Abstract

Glial cells release a factor into their culture medium that induces a high degree of morphological differentiation in neuroblastoma cells under normal growth conditions. This phenomenon is not correlated with a change in intracellular adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate or in the rate of cell growth. Media from other cell lines tested induce less morphological differentiation or have no effect.

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