Journal: Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters
Article Title: NT2-derived astrocyte–neuron co-culture reflects physiological relevance and offers research validity
doi: 10.1186/s11658-025-00765-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Representative morphological features of Neu (neuron-enriched), eA (early astrocytes), and mA (mature astrocytes) cultures. Scale bars always indicate 50 µm. B Immunocytochemical staining for neuronal and astrocytic markers. Each tile scan is composed of 20 images. Supplementary Fig. S5A shows the images without zoomed inserts, while Supplementary Fig. S5B presents additional images of neuronal staining in mA cultures. Scale bars always indicate 100 µm. C Time-dependent changes in the GFAP level upon astrocyte maturation monitored using Western blot with densitometry signals for GFAP normalized to the total protein load per well, as determined by ruthenium staining, with available Supplementary Data F1B and Supplementary Fig. S4. w0 denotes the starting point of maturation after the completion of retinoic acid treatment. D The distribution of cell diameters for eA and mA relative to undifferentiated NT2 cells, with n = 25, was calculated using ImageJ software, assuming a circular cell shape. Owing to variance inequality, the Kruskal–Wallis test was used for statistical analysis
Article Snippet: Human pluripotent NT2 cells (ATCC; NTERA-2 cl.D1 cell line, ATCC-CRL-1973) were maintained as previously described [ – ], with certain modifications.
Techniques: Staining, Western Blot, Software