For in vitro expansion, GSCs were cultured in Neurobasal A media (NBA; 10888-022, Gibco, Waltham, MA, USA) supplemented with N2 and B27 (0.5× each; 17502-048 and 12587-010, Gibco), human recombinant basic fibroblast growth factor, and epidermal growth factor (20 ng/mL each; 233-FB-001MG/CF and 236-EG-01M, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), as well as 100× penicillin streptomycin-glutamine (10378-016, Gibco) [7 (link)]. Next, GSCs were cultured at 37 °C in a humidified incubator containing 5% CO2.
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