Gomori-positive subsets of these non-muscle cells are rich in degenerated mitochondria. Corkscrew-shaped aggregates called Rosenthal fibers are mostly composed of these cells’ namesake fibrillary acidic protein. EAAT1/2 (“E-A-A-T-one-two”) facilitates the reuptake of glutamate into these cells. In response to injury, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans produced by these cells accumulate in their namesake scars. The alkylating agent temozolomide is used to treat WHO Grade III and IV blastomas of these cells. The Bergmann type of these cells is abundant in the Purkinje layer. Synaptic pruning is mediated by phagocytic “micro” forms of these cells. Star-shaped types of these cells have foot processes that form the blood-brain barrier. For 10 points, name these supportive non-neuronal cells of the CNS. ■END■
ANSWER: glial cells [accept neuroglial cells or neuroglia; accept macroglia or microglia; accept astroglia or astrocytes; accept radial glial cells or RGCs or radial glial progenitor cells or RGPs; accept Muller glia; accept Bergmann glia; accept glial fibrillary acidic protein or GFAP; accept glial scars or gliosis; accept glioblastomas or astrocytomas; prompt on brain cells; prompt on macrophages or leukocytes or phagocytes until read by asking “what non-immune function do they also serve?”; reject “neurons” or “nerve cells”]
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