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. 2018 Oct 29;8:15961. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34280-3

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Association of in vitro derived peripheral sensory neurons and human Schwann cells. (af) Confocal z-stack reconstructions of donor Schwann cells (ac, donor #29, 7 months old and df, donor #31, 15 months old) and in vitro differentiated peripheral sensory neuron co-cultures. Numerous S100B+ Schwann cells (arrowheads) align continuously with NEFH+ neurites (arrows) following one week of co-culture (a and c, 21 DIV) and over time the Schwann cells become intimately associated with the radiating axonal bundles (b and e, 28 DIV; c and f, 35 DIV). All images were derived from at least three independent co-culture experiments. Additional overview images are presented in Supplementary Fig. 2. Abbreviations: DIV, days in vitro. Scale bar: (af) 5μm.