Determination of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in human brain tumors

CM Jacque, C Vinner, M Kujas, M Raoul… - Journal of the …, 1978 - Elsevier
Brain tumors have been tested for their glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) content by means
of the rocket electrophoresis technique. Meningiomas and neurinomas were low in GFAP.
Metastases had a low level of GFAP except when contaminated with surrounding tissue.
Non-nervous tumors such as myeloma, myeloplaxoma and adenocarcinoma gave negative
results. More detailed correlations with histological observations have been looked for in
glial tumors. Low levels of GFAP were always associated with signs of malignancy such as …