Table 1. Summary of the characteristics of cells isolated from adult human SVZ/hippocampus.

Cell types	Proliferation	Sphere formation	Positive Markers	Differentiation
Neurons	No	No	βIII-tubulin, MAP-2ab	N/A
Astrocyte	No	No	GFAP	N/A
Microglia	Limited ki67	No	CD45, PU1, HLA-DR	N/A
NPCs	Yes (BrdU, ki67)	Yes	Nestin, Sox-2, GFAP, Vimentin,PSA-NCAM, βIII-tubulin	βIII-tubulin, MAP-2ab, GFAP, Neurophysiology
FbCs	Yes (BrdU, ki67	Yes	Nestin, Sox-2, Vimentin, βIII-tubulin,Prolyl-4-hydroxylase, Fibronectin, S100A4,α-SMA, PDGFRβ	βIII-tubulin, Fibroblast, Fibronectin, No neurophysiology

N/A  =  Not available due to negative results.