Figure 9

An increase in neuronal population over time. Human fetal brain (HFB) cells were grown as stated. At each time point, cells were fixed using 4% Paraformaldehyde and dual-labeled with FITC-conjugated Neuronal antibody cocktail (Pan-N, 1:1000) and a Cy3-conjugate of either a glial marker (GFAP, 1:5000) or a neuronal progenitor (Nestin, 1:500). Appropriate secondary antibodies were used. The values at the corners of the boxes refer to percent total of the cells gated for selection that were positive for the appropriate fluorescent-conjugated antibody. LL - Unlabeled cells. UL-Cells positive for Cy3-conjugated marker for either GFAP or Nestin. LR - Cells labeled with Pan-N. UR - Cells positive for either Pan-N and GFAP or Pan-N and Nestin. This data suggests that the stem-ness of the culture reduces over time and the neuronal phenotype beings to emerge.