GFAP (red) Gal3 (white) DAPI (blue) gliosis hemorrhage (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Munich (Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH))

GFAP (red) Gal3 (white) DAPI (blue) gliosis hemorrhage

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3D-view of Galectin 3 expressing reactive astrocytes adjacent to a focal bleeding inside the human brain. The bleeding-affected brain tissue was obtained during neurosurgery and th subjected to double-immunohistochemical staining for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, in red) and Galectin 3 (in white). Cell nuclei were labeled with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI, in blue).

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Helmholtz Munich - (c) Swetlana Sirko

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