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LINGO 1 expression increases during neural stem cell differentiation Western blot analysis was used to analyze the expression CNX-2006 of LINGO 1 during NSPC differentiation. Cell lysates were prepared from NSPCs proliferating inside the presence of the mitogens EGF and FGF2 and from NSPCs which have separated while in the absence of the mitogens for 1, 3, 6 and 9 days. The lysates were immunoprecipitated with a LINGO 1 following transfer and specific antibody, the membrane was hybridized with another LINGO 1 specific antibody. Figure 1A show that Language 1 exists in proliferating, undifferentiated NSPCs even though protein level is low. Proliferating NSPCs were fastened at day zero and stained with antibodies against Terms one and nestin The staining Cellular differentiation demonstrates that the 2 antibodies identify the exact same LINGO 1 expressing cells inside the culture, Nerves in LINGO 1 neutralized countries retain an immature phenotype Our western blot data show that LINGO 1 is depicted in NSPCs, but that the term increases through the differentia tion. We next sought to analyze the consequence of Vocabulary 1 neutralization on NSPC differentiation. Difference of NSPC civilizations was begun by mitogen removing and cells were cultured in medium only or medium containing 100 mgml anti Language 1 antibodies for 1, 3 or 6 times ahead of fixation.