Glioblastoma cells are labeled in green to follow cytoskeletal organization and cellular dynamics during migration. Cell nuclei are shown in blue.
Neural progenitor cell migration
Dr. Guerrero Cazares' team has produced an image and a video of human neural progenitor cells migrating in a 3D matrix.
Read about human tissue cancer studies in Dr. Guerrero Cazares' Neurogenesis and Brain Tumors Lab on Mayo Clinic's Florida campus.
Human neural progenitor cells migrating in a 3D matrix
In the video below, human neural progenitors migrate, forming cellular chains similar to the ones found in the brains of rodents. The presence of such chains has not been discovered in human adult brains. Their presence seems to be exclusive to the developing brain.