show Abstracthide AbstractAstrocytes were purified from fetal and adult human brain tissue using an immunopanning method with the HepaCAM antibody. Samples were taken from otherwise 'healthy' pieces of tissue, unless otherwise specified. Overall design: 6 fetal astrocyte samples, 12 adult astrocyte samples, 8 GBM or sclerotic hippocampal samples, 4 whole human cortex samples, 4 adult mouse astrocyte samples, and 11 human samples of other purified CNS cell types