GFAP Polyclonal Antibody

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Product Description

OPA1-06100 detects glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) from human, mouse, zebrafish, and rat tissues. OPA1-06100 has been successfully used in Western blot and immunohistochemistry (paraffin and frozen) procedures. By Western blot, this antibody detects a single protein representing GFAP rat brain homogenate. Immunohistochemical staining of GFAP in rat brain with OPA1-6100 results in intense staining of astrocytes and Schwann cells. The OPA1-06100 immunogen is cytoskeletal preparation of human spinal cord. Store at 4ºC or in small aliquots at -20ºC. GFAP (Glial fibrillary acidic protein) is a member of the class III intermediate filament protein family. GFAP is heavily and specifically expressed in astrocytes and certain astroglia of the central nervous system, in satellite cells of peripheral ganglia, and in non-myelinating Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. In addition, neural stem cells strongly express GFAP. Antibodies to GFAP are very useful as markers of astrocytic cells. In addition, many types of brain tumor, presumably derived from astrocytic cells, heavily express GFAP. GFAP is also found in the lens epithelium, Kupffer cells of the liver, in some cells in salivary tumors and has been reported in erythrocytes. GFAP is used as a marker to distinguish a