| Literature DB >> 7362772 |
S Rasmussen, E Bock, K Warecka, G Althage.
Abstract
The glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFA) content of 58 human brain tumours was determined by quantitative immunoelectrophoresis, using monospecific antibody against GFA. Astrocytomas, glioblastomas, oligodendrogliomas, spongioblastomas, ependymomas and medulloblastomas contained relatively high amounts of GFA, up to 85 times the concentration in parietal grey substance of normal human brain. GFA was not found in neurinomas, meningiomas, adenomas of the hypophysis, or in a single case of metastasis of adenocarcinoma. Non-glial tumours of craniopharyngioma and haemangioblastoma were infiltrated by reactive astroglia and showed considerable amounts of GFA.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7362772 PMCID: PMC2010171 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1980.12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640