Glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP)
Last revised by Francesco Buemi ◉
on 25 Jan 2022
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Gaillard F, Buemi F, Sharma R, Glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-51742
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Francesco Buemi ◉
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- GFAP
- Glial fibrillary acid protein
Glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) is a commonly used target for immunohistochemistry and is positive in many glial cells and tumors of glial origin. GFAP is the building block for intermediate filaments which are abundant in the cytoplasms particularly of astrocytes.
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- 1. Barbara Young, James S. Lowe, Alan Stevens, John W. Heath, Philip J. Deakin. Wheater's Functional Histology. ISBN: 9781437700756
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