Anterior pituitary gland, light micrograph

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Human anterior hypophysis (pituitary gland), light micrograph. The sample has been stained with an immunohistochemical technique for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). A non-hormone-secreting cell type with a supporting role is found in the adenohypophysis. They are the folliculo-stellate cells, so called because they have extensions that give them a stellate appearance. These cells possess immunopositive filaments for the GFAP, a protein characteristic of astrocytes.

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Keywords: -, biological, biology, folliculo-stellate, gfap, gland, histological, histology, hypophysis, ihq, immunohistochemical, light, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, pituitary, section