Is there an immortalized olfactory ensheathing cell line?

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Norbert Weiss

Hi Verena,

I am sending two papers to start with:

Use of a cell line to investigate olfactory ensheathing cell-enhanced axonal regeneration http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12619087

A Clonal Cell Line from Immortalized Olfactory Ensheathing Glia Promotes Functional Recovery in the Injured Spinal Cord http://www.nature.com/mt/journal/v13/n3/full/mt200672a.html

Hope this helps. Norbert

Verena Scheper

Thank you, Norbert, for your help!

I will proceed searching for a cell line to buy - and may come back to those Groups if I will not find one.

All the best,

Verena

Leo Urmaza

Hey Verena,

ABM (Applied Biological Materials) has Immortalized Olfactory Ensheathing Glia. You can try them out. (https://www.abmgood.com/productSearch.php?searchQuery=olfactory+)